Here Are Your BAH Rates for 2025 The 2025 BAH rates (or Basic Allowance for Housing) are designed to meet current housing costs.
2025 BAH Non-Locality Rates BAH RC/Transient is for members in special circumstances such as reservists on active duty less than 30 days.
Defense Bill with Massive Junior Enlisted Raise, Restriction on Health Care for Trans Military Kids Passes House Despite anger from Democratic lawmakers at language that would restrict health care for transgender children of service...
Compromise Defense Bill Would Give Junior Troops 14.5% Pay Raise in 2025 Junior enlisted service members will get a 14.5% pay raise next year under a compromise defense bill expected to pass...
Basic Needs Allowance Overview The Basic Needs Allowance can potentially add hundreds of dollars to the paycheck of a military member with a family whose...
Thrift Savings Plan Contribution Limits for 2025 The Internal Revenue Code places specific limits on the dollar amount of contributions military service members can make to...
Military Per Diem Rates Military per diem rates cover any military-related travel expenses. The per diem rate sets the limit to how much service...
Army Promises New Flat-Rate Bonus During Deployments, Nixing Earlier Idea Based on Rank In a move aimed at supporting service members during prolonged deployments, Army Secretary Wormuth announced that soldiers...
4 Bad Excuses to Opt Out of the Military's Thrift Savings Plan Here are four themes driving service members' decision not to contribute to the military's Thrift Savings Plan and why I...
Marine Corps Unveils Retention Bonuses, Suspends ‘Broken Service’ Bonus Program for Upcoming Year Marines reenlisting between now and the end of September 2025 are eligible to receive the bonuses, but all the cash awards...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...