GI Bill Housing Allowance Increases Due to New Law Due to a change in the law, the GI Bill housing allowance is now more than the corresponding military BAH.
Conservative Group Calls for Curbing Troops' Housing Allowances A conservative think tank is calling for reducing the cost of troop housing allowances as part of the fiscal 2018 budget.
House Panel Moves to Block Cuts to Troop Benefits A House subcommittee offered legislation to reject proposed cuts to benefits including housing allowances and Tricare.
Panel Approves Troop Reductions, Not Benefit Cuts A House subcommittee on military personnel is reluctantly going along with troop cuts but not on changes to retirement and...
2016 BAH Rates Released; Average Rate Increases Basic Allowance for Housing rates are going up by an average of $54 per month for service members nationwide next year.
Congress Unlikely to Expand Military Food Stamp Eligibility This Year A change that would've increased the number of military families who qualify for food stamps is unlikely to be considered in...
Senators Back Lower Pay Raises, Housing Allowances A U.S. Senate subcommittee has backed the Pentagon's plans to curb military pay raises and housing allowances next year.
Stateside Housing Allowances to Rise Only 3.4 Percent Defense pay officials are executing a five-year plan, which Congress approved, to dampen stateside housing allowances...
House Passes Defense Bill, Boosts Troop Pay Raise The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $601 billion defense bill that would spare cuts to military benefits next year.
Food Stamp Formula Shouldn't Factor in Housing Allowances: Advocates Many struggling military families can't access federal food assistance due to the way their income is calculated on the...
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...
