Troops on Middle East Snap Deployment May Be Entitled to These Extra Pays The service members that the Pentagon recently ordered to the Middle East for emergency deployment may get some special pays.
How Much Does the 2020 Military Pay Raise Really Put In Your Pocket? How does that 3.1% raise translate to real cash?
Marine Corps Offering Former Reserve Pilots $30K to Return to Service The Marine Corps is offering some former Reserve pilots lucrative bonuses to get them back in the cockpit.
US Troops May Be Overpaid, New Study Finds A new study on the military's pay and compensation system asks a surprising question: Are troops getting paid too much?
Congress Has Released Its $738 Billion Defense Budget. Here's What's Inside The military keeps its 3.1% pay raise in the final version of the bill.
Air Force Dramatically Cuts List of Specialties Eligible for Selective Retention Bonus The Air Force will issue bonuses to 72 specialties in undermanned careers such as maintenance, cyber, space and nuclear.
Stopgap Bill Would Preserve Military Funding as Government Shutdown Looms A bill was introduced in the House on Monday to keep the government running through Dec. 20.
New Special Pay, Bonuses May Be Coming for Navy EOD Techs as Mission Evolves U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) sailors could see more money from special pays and bonuses under a new vision.
There's Still Time to Snag a Hefty Army Bonus for Joining the Infantry The Army began offering sizable bonuses for 11X, the infantry military occupational specialty, in May 2019.
Military Pay Raise at Risk in Budget Impasse, Key Lawmaker Says The military's promised 3.1% pay raise this year could be at risk in the budget impasse.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
