House Panel Approves Defense Bill with Highest Pay Raise in Decades After Culture War Brawl Fights over diversity training, COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ troops dominated the House Armed Services Committee's yearly markup of...
DoD Won't Reimburse Pet Travel in 2023, Cuts Maximum Benefit by Half A new pet transportation entitlement won't be available to military households this summer moving season.
Lawmakers Advance Bill to Let Disabled Vets Collect Full Benefits, But Hurdles to Passage Remain The HASC approved the Major Richard Star Act, which would ensure service members who medically retire before 20 years have...
New Law Says Troops Get Up to $4,000 for Pet PCS Costs -- But DoD Hasn't Implemented It A new pet transportation entitlement may not be available to military households this summer moving season.
Enlisted Troops Could See 30% Pay Hike Under House's 2024 Defense Spending Bill A House panel's proposal for annual Pentagon spending would give E-6s and below significant increases in their base pay.
Biggest Troop Pay Raise in 2 Decades on Track in House Defense Bill Service members would get a 5.2% pay raise next year under the House Armed Services Committee's draft of the annual defense...
Bad Economy Bonus for E-6 and Below Pushed by House in Annual Defense Bill The proposal for a bonus for service members hurting from the economy is similar to an idea in last year's House NDAA for an...
5.2% Troop Pay Raise in 2024 Gets Support as Debt Ceiling Fight Subsides Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to ensure that this year's National Defense...
Air Force to Its Experienced Pilots: Here's $50,000 to Extend Your Service Certain pilots -- including remote piloted aircraft pilots, air battle managers and combat systems officers -- can apply for...
Navy Retiree Pay Continues to Be Plagued with Technical Glitches The Navy's efforts to deal with a software glitch that led to more than 1,200 of its retirees owing money to the federal...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
