Survey: Military Families Still Concerned About Pay, Benefits Pay, benefits and retirement issues are still the top worries for military families, according to new results from an annual...
Pentagon Promises to Try to Cut Pay and Benefits Again The Pentagon will try again to cut pay, pensions and other benefits despite losing previous battles with Congress.
Troops Deployed Against Ebola to Get up to $400 Per Month in Extra Pay Troops sent to West Africa to support the effort against the Ebola epidemic will be eligible for at least $150 per month and...
Hagel: US Troops Fighting Islamic State Will Get Combat Pay U.S. troops fighting Islamic militants in northern Iraq and possibly Syria will receive combat pay, Defense Secretary Chuck...
Navy: Deployed Sailors, Marines to Receive Hardship Duty Pay The DoD and the Secretary of the Navy have approved a special provision granting hardship duty pay to sailors and Marines who...
Groups Push Senators to Rethink Planned Cuts to Troop Pay, Benefits Troop advocates are pressing key senators to reconsider budget proposals that would cut military pay and benefits.
Congress Agrees to Troop Pay, BAH Cuts in Budget Compromise The deal on the 2015 defense budget would mean more out-of-pocket healthcare costs and lower pay increases for troops.
Congress Punts on Reducing Retiree COLA Pay The plan to provide reduced cost-of-living increases to working-age retirees has been postponed by a year.
Firm: More Troops Would Prefer Lump-Sum Retirement Checks A survey found that more service members would favor changes to the military pension program.
Budget Deal Includes 1% Troop Pay Raise, More Funding for Weapons The federal budget deal includes funding for commissaries as well as weapons systems such as the JSF and the A-10 Warthog.
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...
