On-Base Residents Lose Renters Insurance Due to BAH Cuts A change to how DoD calculates rates is impacting those who live off base as well as those who live on base in privatized...
Senate Backs 1.6% Troop Pay Raise, BAH Cuts, Health Care Reform The Senate has approved a defense bill that calls for a 1.6 percent military pay raise and reduced housing allowances.
DoD Sets Date to Extend Same Sex Benefits, Leave The Defense Department announced that same-sex military couples will begin to receive benefits no later than Sept. 3.
Pentagon 2016 Budget Includes Pay Raise, More BAH Cuts, Tricare Merger The DoD's proposed budget calls for a modest pay raise but more cuts to housing allowances, while consolidating Tricare...
Average 2014 Housing Allowance Will Rise 5 Percent The DoD said housing benefits will remain in place for the year regardless of calls to curb military personnel costs.
Panel Clashes with Pentagon on Cuts to Pay and Housing Allowances Members of the panel on military compensation and retirement reform said raises and housing allowances are"operating...
Cut Tricare Rather than Military Housing Allowance: Defense Analyst Spending reforms should increase retention by cutting back benefits that serving troops don't highly value, one expert says.
Lawmakers Negotiate 2.1% Troop Raise, Drop BAH Cut The legislation still must pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by President Barack Obama before becoming law.
Defense Budget Would Cut Troop Pay and Benefits The Defense Department is proposing limiting troop pay raises, reducing housing allowances and cutting funding for...
Average BAH Rate Set to Increase for 2017, BAS Unchanged The Basic Allowance for Housing rate will increase an average of $41 per month nationwide Jan. 1.
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship A new name for the Harvey Milk was not given but, according to the memo, Hegseth and Phelan are planning to announce the new...
Nuclear Carrier USS Enterprise Teardown in Mobile: Details Emerge, Chamber Silent The U.S. Navy vessel known as CVN 65 has already ceased to be the USS Enterprise. On Mobile’s waterfront it will cease to be...
Cats and Dogs Will No Longer Be Used in Navy Research, Secretary Says Navy Secretary John Phelan also ordered a review of all medical studies to ensure they line up with the service's ethical...
Army Hits Annual Recruiting Goal Months Ahead of Schedule The Army announced that it had already reached its annual goal of recruiting 61,000 active-duty soldiers, fueled by efforts...
Putin's Uncompromising Demands Emerge After the Latest Round of Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Moscow's demands, published in the Russian media, make it clear that President Vladimir Putin is determined to ensure the...
