Biden Signs Defense Bill with Vaccine Mandate Repeal, 4.6% Military Pay Raise The sweeping defense policy bill that repeals the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and endorses a 4.6% pay raise for...
Cuts to Stateside Cost of Living Allowances Coming for Service Members as Other Pays Go Up Next year about 1,000 fewer troops will be getting an allowance intended to help them live in expensive parts of America, the...
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...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
