Senate Panel Backs Military Retirement Change, Troop Pay Raise of 1.3% Lawmakers on a Senate panel agreed to overhaul the military retirement system and give troops a less-than-expected pay raise...
Lawmaker: Congress Must Fight for Higher Troop Pay Raise A 1.6-percent pay raise for military members proposed as part of the president's fiscal 2017 budget is "ridiculous," says one...
California Guardsmen Ordered to Pay Back Bonuses: Report The Pentagon is ordering almost 10,000 one-time National Guardsmen from California to pay back enlistment bonuses.
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Senate Passes Bill to Pay Military in Shutdown The Senate on Monday followed the House's lead in clearing the way for servicemembers and Defense Department civilians to...
Panel Approves Troop Reductions, Not Benefit Cuts A House subcommittee on military personnel is reluctantly going along with troop cuts but not on changes to retirement and...
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.
Chairman Says Congress Wary of Military Pay and Benefit Cuts The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he was concerned that changes to pay and benefits could force...
Obama's Last Defense Budget Adds Funds for Europe, Counterterrorism President Barack Obama's proposed defense budget would increase military spending less than 1 percent, guaranteeing a long...
Lawmaker Rips DoD Takeback of Troop Bonuses as 'Boneheaded' A number of lawmakers calling for the DoD to stop seeking repayment of enlistment bonuses from thousands of California...
Army Eyeing Replacement for M240B Machine Gun Dubbed the Future Medium Machine Gun, or FMMG, the new weapon will mirror the M240B in function as a machine gun primarily...
Burn Pit Exposure Linked to Higher Rates of Mental Health Disorders, Brain Injury A new study also confirms earlier research on a connection between burn pit exposure and suicide.
The Cost of Spouse Volunteerism Military spouses are often encouraged to pursue volunteerism as a way to stay professionally relevant during relocations and...
Decried as 'Garden State Gulag,' New Jersey Military Base that Will House Undocumented Immigrants Faces Continued Criticism The South Jersey military base that'll become a deportation center for undocumented immigrants has earned a new and...
Marine Officer Who Faced Charges for Criticizing Military Leaders Now Leads Promotion Review Since January, the defense secretary also has ordered the Pentagon to review combat standards, disqualifying medical...
