Benefits for Retirees

Whether troops get to keep the pays is ultimately up to each service's top officials, a new memo notes.

The 1,400 recruits on hold because of the novel coronavirus pandemic will likely be paid as privates.

As of March 24, National Guard personnel officials completed transitioning 331,000 members onto the IPPS-A.

Although states will be reimbursed for emergency expenses, this process is neither automatic nor speedy.

New guidance from the DoD lays out a series of special pays and allowances for troops dealing with coronavirus response