Cut Tricare Rather than Military Housing Allowance: Defense Analyst Spending reforms should increase retention by cutting back benefits that serving troops don't highly value, one expert says.
Lawmakers Negotiate 2.1% Troop Raise, Drop BAH Cut The legislation still must pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by President Barack Obama before becoming law.
Defense Budget Would Cut Troop Pay and Benefits The Defense Department is proposing limiting troop pay raises, reducing housing allowances and cutting funding for...
Average BAH Rate Set to Increase for 2017, BAS Unchanged The Basic Allowance for Housing rate will increase an average of $41 per month nationwide Jan. 1.
Military Budget Includes 6% BAH Cut, 1% Pay Raise Under the proposed budget, service members would receive a 1 percent pay raise and eventually lose an average of 6 percent in...
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.
Basic Allowance for Housing Helps You Get A Loan As an active duty service member, you’re probably aware that you’re eligible for a basic allowance for housing (BAH). But do...
Do the Math, Save Your Cash: Use BAH as It's Intended Basic Allowance for Housing is designed to cover almost the entire cost of housing (99 percent to be exact), including...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...