Your Military Pay Raise for 2025, Plus Veterans Pension and BAH Updates Under the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, troops in the ranks of E-1 through E-4 will see a 14.5% raise next...
Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
Senate OKs Move of Space-Focused National Guard Units. Colorado Governor Says Air Force Wouldn't Negotiate. The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Congress Is Putting More Money into These Submarines in New Spending Bill With Russia's recent use of a hypersonic missile alarming U.S. military planners, Congress is putting more money into...
Do Air Shows Really Help Military Readiness and Recruiting? Congress Plans to Find Out. Lawmakers want the secretary of defense to brief Congress on how sending military aircraft to air shows affects recruiting...
No More Copays: Defense Bill Set to Sign Off on Free Birth Control for Military Families Free birth control will be available to all Tricare users after more than a decade of efforts to eliminate copays for...
Defense Bill with Massive Junior Enlisted Raise, Restriction on Health Care for Trans Military Kids Passes House Despite anger from Democratic lawmakers at language that would restrict health care for transgender children of service...
Proposed Expansion of IVF Coverage for Troops Scuttled from Compromise Defense Bill An expansion of coverage for fertility treatments for service members was left out of a compromise defense bill despite...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
Army Deleting Online Content Related to Women, Minorities Using Key Words Like 'Respect' and 'Dignity' The deletion of photos, video and other content is part of an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that all the military...
Joint Chiefs Nominee's Ties to Trump Family Raise Concern About Ethics, Influence President Donald Trump's choice last week to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine as his pick to be chairman of the Joint...
Air Force Academy Investigating Nearly 100 Cadets for Cheating, Honor Code Violations The news of the widespread honor code violation is only a few years removed from another major cheating scandal at the...
Shuttle Driver Closes Door on Blind Veteran at Biloxi VA, Lawsuit Says. She Didn't Survive A blind Air Force veteran using a walker died after a shuttle driver shut the bus door as she tried to disembark for a...
Where Are Federal Jobs Affected by DOGE Cuts? A Look at Congressional Districts Across the US Civilian federal jobs are being cut by the thousands, as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency continues to shrink...