Your Military Pay Raise for 2025, Plus Veterans Pension and BAH Updates Under the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, troops in the ranks of E-1 through E-4 will see a 14.5% raise next...
Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
Senate OKs Move of Space-Focused National Guard Units. Colorado Governor Says Air Force Wouldn't Negotiate. The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Congress Is Putting More Money into These Submarines in New Spending Bill With Russia's recent use of a hypersonic missile alarming U.S. military planners, Congress is putting more money into...
Do Air Shows Really Help Military Readiness and Recruiting? Congress Plans to Find Out. Lawmakers want the secretary of defense to brief Congress on how sending military aircraft to air shows affects recruiting...
No More Copays: Defense Bill Set to Sign Off on Free Birth Control for Military Families Free birth control will be available to all Tricare users after more than a decade of efforts to eliminate copays for...
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...
Proposed Expansion of IVF Coverage for Troops Scuttled from Compromise Defense Bill An expansion of coverage for fertility treatments for service members was left out of a compromise defense bill despite...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
Trump Orders 1,500 Active-Duty Troops to Border Ahead of Pentagon Security Plan Deadline It was not immediately clear what units and service branches would be tapped for the deployment, but the announcement comes...
Trailblazing Coast Guard Commandant Fired by Trump Administration Adm. Linda Fagan, the first woman to serve in the Coast Guard's top job, was relieved following the swearing-in ceremony for...
Air Force Officer Who Advocated for Women in Leadership Roles Removed from Command Col. Julie Sposito-Salceies was relieved from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam unit by Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of...
Air Force Groups that Advocated for Beard Policies, Better Body Armor Are Gutted by Trump Directive Air Force and Space Force groups that helped create policy and improve the quality of life for women, minorities and LGBTQ+...
Trump Administration Directs All Federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Staff Be Put on Leave President Donald Trump's administration has moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all...