COLA Reinstated for Service Members in Japan for the First Time in Months The latest change comes amid rapid currency fluctuations that led to the halting of the payments.
2023 Military Pay Raise Will Be the Largest in 20 Years The largest military pay raise in decades is coming in 2023 for active-duty troops as part of the annual defense...
How BAH Is Calculated How is military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) calculated? We know the answer.
Largest Military Pay Raise In 20 Years Headed to Biden's Desk As Part of Defense Bill This year's National Defense Authorization, or NDAA, endorses a basic pay raise for 2023 of 4.6%, far higher than 2022's 2.7%...
Inflation Bonuses Cut from Defense Bill, But Other Allowances Boosted Some of the lowest-paid service members will not get a special bonus to help cope with inflation under a compromise defense...
Basic Allowance for Subsistence Gets Record Increase in Upcoming Year The BAS increase is the largest in more than a decade.
Enlistment and Reenlistment Bonuses In addition to pay, there are two types of bonuses that encourage you to start and/or stay in the service.
Military Bonuses Explained Learn about the two types of bonuses (enlistment and reenlistment) that encourage soldiers to start and/or stay in the...
The Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) The Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) is paid to enlisted members to encourage reenlistments in critical military skills.
2021 W-2 Distribution Schedule When will your 2021 tax information be available? See the myPay schedule of posting and mailing dates.
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen Are Mounting. The Pentagon Is Remaining Mostly Silent. After reports of two major strikes against targets inside Yemen, officials at U.S. Central Command are refusing to discuss...
Trump Locks In Future of Michigan Air Base with New Fighter Jet Announcement President Donald Trump landed in Michigan and shared a hug with a longtime antagonist, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...
![Marines at the border wall](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/staff-border-wall-marines-wire-1800.jpg?itok=a3dIOHTu "Marines were deployed here to reinforce barriers during President Donald Trump's first term, but they were not armed with the long guns their Guardian Angels carry now, NPR reported. An old policy from the very unit these Marines come from said Guardian Angels must watch over their units' security with an "ambush mentality." (Drew F. Lawrence/Military.com)")