Trump Budget Calls for 2.1% Military Pay Raise in 2018 President Donald Trump's first budget proposal included a 2.1 percent pay increase for military troops in fiscal 2018.
Senate Panel Backs 2.1% Troop Pay Raise, House Panel Wants 2.4% Troops would get a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2018 under the Senate Armed Services Committee's proposal.
Service Chiefs Plead for Budgeting Flexibility With defense cuts about to hit, lawmakers and military leaders are struggling to find ways to dull the pain of sequestration.
DoD Restoring Tuition Assistance for All Services Tuition assistance programs will be restored quickly with renewed funding from Congress, DoD officials said Wednesday.
Pentagon's Dire Budget Warnings Fall on Deaf Ears Few lawmakers turned out to hear DoD officials warn that budget cuts would bring widespread changes to the military.
Military Families Storm Hill to End Sequestration The National Military Family Association (NMFA) stormed Capitol Hill at the end of last week to visit all 535 members of...
Shutdown Spurs MoH Recipient to Run for Congress The government shutdown appears to have spurred a Medal of Honor recipient to go into politics -- first Congress and then the...
Tight Budgets Force Army to Embrace Social Media The Army is pushing social media use as a way for commanders from the garrison level down to slash staffing and marketing...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
