Special Pay Overview In addition to basic pay members may also receive special & incentive pays depending on their career field or location.
Deployed Troops Could Get More Pay for Family Separation. But the Pentagon Is Dragging Its Feet. The FSA is typically an extra monthly $250 that a service member is paid "to defray a reasonable amount of extra expenses"...
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Aviator Retention Bonus The Aviation Retention Bonus is for pilots who agree to continue in flying duties after their original service commitment.
2024 Bonus and Incentive Pays for Non-Physician Medical Officers If you work in the health care field, you may be eligible for a sign-on bonus, an extension bonus, and monthly incentive pay.
Aviation Career Incentive Pay for Officers If you are an active-duty commissioned officer on aviation duty, you are entitled to Aviation Career Incentive Pay.
Officer Career Sea Pay Active duty commissioned officers on sea duty are entitled to Career Sea Pay, at a monthly rate of up to $805.
Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay You may be paid special pay for serving in a hazardous area.
Special Pay for Medical Officers If you are a health professional officer you may be entitled to special pay.
'Open Cruelty': Transgender Troops Describe Indignities as They're Kicked Out of the Military Leaders in the Trump administration have minced few words in articulating how they feel about transgender troops.
New Login System Coming for Defense Department and Some VA Websites The old DS Logon system will be retired in favor of the more secure myAuth system.
‘Blood-Curdling Screams’: Marine Veteran Helps Stop Walmart Mass Stabbing with Shopping Cart Matthew Kolakowski had just left the Walmart checkout lane when a worker screamed that a man had a knife.
Virginia Governor Demands Richmond Pay Wrongfully Convicted Navy Vet $5.8M Under a new state law, the city of Richmond, Virginia, owes Marvin Grimm $5.8 million, matching a sum the state paid for the...
Ford GPW: The Forgotten Military Jeep Think you know Jeeps? Think again. Buckle up for the story of how Ford helped win World War II and create an automotive icon...