Trump Signs $717 Billion Defense Bill Including 2.6 Percent Troop Pay Raise The president called it "the most significant investment in our military and in our warfighters in modern history."
Navy Officers Get Higher Nuclear Bonus Some Navy officers can get a $5,000 annual increase in their nuclear continuation bonus.
2016 National Defense Act Contains Retirement and Pay Changes Law contains major upcoming retirement change, increases some special pays but drops BAH, and increases TRICARE pharmacy...
Navy: Deployed Sailors, Marines to Receive Hardship Duty Pay The DoD and the Secretary of the Navy have approved a special provision granting hardship duty pay to sailors and Marines who...
Troops Deployed Against Ebola to Get up to $400 Per Month in Extra Pay Troops sent to West Africa to support the effort against the Ebola epidemic will be eligible for at least $150 per month and...
Hagel: US Troops Fighting Islamic State Will Get Combat Pay U.S. troops fighting Islamic militants in northern Iraq and possibly Syria will receive combat pay, Defense Secretary Chuck...
Budget Deal Includes 1% Troop Pay Raise, More Funding for Weapons The federal budget deal includes funding for commissaries as well as weapons systems such as the JSF and the A-10 Warthog.
Senate Panel Backs Military Retirement Change, Troop Pay Raise of 1.3% Lawmakers on a Senate panel agreed to overhaul the military retirement system and give troops a less-than-expected pay raise...
Obama: More Study Needed Before Overhauling Troop Pay, Benefits President Obama said he wants more time to review controversial proposals that would overhaul troop pay and benefits.
House GOP Backs 401(k)-Like Military Retirement Plan, More Pay and BAH The subcommittee surprised many observers by including the provision to overhaul the military retirement system.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
