Report: Changes May Hit Military Basic, Special and Retirement Pays The Military Compensation and Retirement Commission will release its long-awaited report Thursday after a two-year review.
Pentagon 2016 Budget Includes Pay Raise, More BAH Cuts, Tricare Merger The DoD's proposed budget calls for a modest pay raise but more cuts to housing allowances, while consolidating Tricare...
Panel Clashes with Pentagon on Cuts to Pay and Housing Allowances Members of the panel on military compensation and retirement reform said raises and housing allowances are"operating...
Coast Guard Pay Cutoff Looms as House Votes Down Homeland Funding The House voted down a bill to fund the Dept. of Homeland Security for three week and avoid a pay cutoff for the Coast Guard.
Obama Says He 'Fully Supports' Aims of Military Benefits Overhaul Obama praised the work of a blue-ribbon panel on military compensation and retirement reform as an "important step forward."
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.
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.
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...
US Air Force Announces $15K Yearly Bonus to Retain More Drone Pilots The US Air Force will offer a new $15,000 annual bonus beginning in 2016 to entice more drone pilots to stay in the service.
President Obama Sets Troop Pay Raise at 1.3 Percent in 2016 Obama announced a 1.3 percent pay raise for military members next year, a level that's less than what's specified under the...
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...
