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.
Facing Recruiting Struggles, Air Force Seeks More Money for Pay Incentives The Air Force is asking for more than $648 million in bonuses and retention efforts for 65 specialty positions, according to...
125% Increase to Space Force Bonuses Part of 2024 Budget Request that Would Grow Ranks The Space Force wants to grow the number of Guardians by nearly 10% and hopes to offer almost $5 million in new bonuses to...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in Decades Proposed by White House The proposal for a 5.2% bump in basic military pay is part of the administration's overall request for $842 billion in...
Opt Out or Pay: All Troops to Automatically Get Life Insurance March 1 Military members who don't want Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage will have to opt out, or they'll be charged...
Better Housing, Health Care, Pay and a Call for National Service Needed to Buoy Recruitment, Enlisted Chiefs Say The enlisted advisers for the five Department of Defense branches called on Congress to help them advocate for military...
All Combat-Injured Vets Would Keep Their Full Retirement, Disability Pay Under Proposal The Maj. Richard Star Act would eliminate the dollar-for-dollar offset on retirement pay that combat-disabled vets with less...
2023 Military Pay Charts Check out the 2023 U.S. military pay scale charts for all ranks for active duty, as well as Reserve and Guard components.
Army Urges Soldiers to Check Their Records in New HR System After String of Glitches Fewer than half who now have access to the program have taken a look at their data, officials said.
Veterans: What's Taxed and What's Not on Your Federal and State Returns Here's what veterans can expect on their taxes when it comes to service-related pay.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...