New Basic Needs Allowance Could Become Tax-Free A bipartisan bill in Congress aims to amend the IRS rule to make the pay exempt from taxes.
Air Force Budgets Less for Bonus Pay for its Toughest Jobs in 2024 Special Duty Assignment Pay is reserved for some of the toughest jobs in the Air Force, ranging from Basic Military Training...
A New Cash Benefit Will Expand to More Military Families This Summer, Pentagon Says More military families could soon be eligible for a new Basic Needs Allowance as the pool of those who qualify increases.
Days Ahead of Massive Allowance Cuts for Some Military Families, Pentagon Allegedly Working on a Fix Officials are already working behind the scenes to prevent the cuts from happening, a defense official with knowledge of the...
The Air Force Overpaid Service Members in South Korea by $2.3 Million, But Won't Make Them Return the Money Nearly 8,000 airmen stationed in South Korea will not have to pay back more than $2 million worth of overpayments issued last...
Defense Budget Cuts Floated by GOP Could Hurt Troops, Pentagon Official Warns The budget fight is heating up after the Biden administration earlier this month released its $1.7 trillion budget plan for...
Temporary Lodging You can be reimbursed for some of your temporary lodging costs in conjunction with a PCS move.
Dislocation Allowance in a PCS The purpose of Dislocation Allowance is to partially reimburse a servicemember for the expenses related to a PCS move.
Next Step for Incentive Pay Boost for Guardsmen and Reservists Coming in 'Weeks,' Defense Official Vows At issue are 18 categories of incentive pay used to attract recruits or retain service members with specific skills or...
Big Pay Raises, Universal Pre-K: Biden's Pentagon Unveils Annual Budget Plans For service members, the big spending plans for fiscal 2024 could mean the largest pay hike for troops in more than 20 years.
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘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...
