Hagel Says Cuts to Pay and Benefits are Needed Secretary Hagel warned that troops and their families will be asked to sacrifice on pay and benefits to preserve readiness.
Bill Would Reduce 2014 Troop Pay Raise to 1% A proposed deal on a defense bill in Congress would decrease troops' pay raise in 2014 to 1 percent from 1.7 percent this...
Pentagon Cuts Down on Danger Pay The DoD announced plans to cut off "imminent danger pay" for servicemembers in areas no longer considered a grave risk.
Hagel Looks At Pay Raises for Missile Officers Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been considering pay raises and other incentives to boost the flagging morale of young...
Ayotte Files Bill to Kill Retirement COLA Cut Ayotte announced she will file legislation to repeal the law trimming military retirement pay starting in December 2015.
Defense Budget Would Cut Troop Pay and Benefits The Defense Department is proposing limiting troop pay raises, reducing housing allowances and cutting funding for...
Pentagon Budget Targets Pay, Benefits, Tricare The plan would spare favored programs from cutbacks, including cyberwar, Special Operations and drone operations.
Military Budget Includes 6% BAH Cut, 1% Pay Raise Under the proposed budget, service members would receive a 1 percent pay raise and eventually lose an average of 6 percent in...
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...
