Pandemic Spending Won't Prevent the Next Military Pay Raise, Lawmaker Says "Nobody does it for the money, but it is at least a factor in families deciding whether they want to join or stay in the...
Navy Expands Sea Duty Pay As Deployed Ships Battle Virus Outbreaks The Navy is throwing extra money at some sailors willing to extend their time at sea or head back earlier than planned.
Why Is Our Military BAS Pay Gone? If your paycheck is lower this month, the culprit might be your military BAS pay, or "Basic Allowance for Subsistence." Read...
Thousands More Sailors May Get Re-Up Cash as Navy Expands 2020 Bonuses As millions of civilians file for unemployment, the Navy is offering 10,000 more sailors the chance to pocket extra cash.
Will Troops Continue to Receive Special Pays Amid the Pandemic? It Depends Whether troops get to keep the pays is ultimately up to each service's top officials, a new memo notes.
Here's How the Army Will Pay New Recruits Who Can’t Get to Basic Training The 1,400 recruits on hold because of the novel coronavirus pandemic will likely be paid as privates.
In First, Army Guardsmen Can Now Track Promotions and Pay on Smartphones As of March 24, National Guard personnel officials completed transitioning 331,000 members onto the IPPS-A.
When Will the National Guard Receive Federal Authority to Combat COVID-19? Although states will be reimbursed for emergency expenses, this process is neither automatic nor speedy.
Military Announces New Hardship Pay for Troops in Quarantine New guidance from the DoD lays out a series of special pays and allowances for troops dealing with coronavirus response
Army to Offer Special Pay, Assignment Extensions to Ease Stop-Movement Pain The temporary stop-movement order halted many PCS moves as service members were in the process of moving household goods.
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...