Air Force Doubles Extra Pay for Drone Pilots to $1,500 per Month The U.S. Air Force is more than doubling special pay for some drone pilots to $1,500 a month -- a move designed to address a...
Air Force Mulls Drone Pilot Bonus to Boost Retention The service is short unmanned aerial vehicle pilots for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper at a time when the drones are in...
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...
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...
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...
Special Pay Overview In addition to basic pay Military members may also receive special & incentive pays depending on their career field or...
Special Pay For Veterinary Officers Active duty commissioned officers designated as veterinary officers are eligible for special pay in the amount of $100 a...
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...
