What a Government Shutdown Looks Like for the Military and Veterans A federal government shutdown can have a direct impact on U.S. service members and military families.
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments...
GOP Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Would Fund Next Month's Junior Enlisted Pay Raise A House Republican plan to keep the federal government open past Friday by putting most agencies' funding on autopilot...
Retired Military Paydays for 2025 Military retiree and annuitant pay day is always on the first business day of the month.
Congress Demands Answers from Hegseth on Army Misappropriating Millions Meant for Food A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers on the Army's handling of meal funds...
Data Breach Prompts Coast Guard to Take Personnel and Pay System Offline The system will be down until at least Feb. 19 while the service investigates a hacking incident, officials said.
Thousands of Marines Booted for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Get Messaged About Returning Roughly 8,200 service members were separated from the military over their refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccination.
Trump Order on Back Pay for Vaccine Refusers Raises Questions, Offers No Clear Path Forward The heart of the order is a direction to the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security to allow...
What to Do (and What Not to Do) with Your Pay Raise Here's what to do -- and what not to do -- to ensure your pay raise sets you up for financial success.
Troop Pay Is Competitive with Civilian Workers, Pentagon Finds in Quadrennial Review The Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation was unveiled and reported that "the department's compensation package is...
Hegseth Orders End to Race Consideration in Admissions at Military Service Academies Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for...
'Billion Dollar Spy' Is the Real Story of the Only Russian Agent Whose Portrait Hangs in CIA Headquarters The upcoming film, based on a book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author David E. Hoffman, stars Russell Crowe, Tony Goldwyn...
Pentagon Moves Out on Transgender Ban After Supreme Court Ruling About 1,000 service members who volunteered to leave the military after the Trump administration unveiled its transgender...
Soviet-Era Spacecraft Plunges to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.
Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...
