Recruiting Boost: How US Army's Big Gains in 2025 Translate to New Year The Army ended 2025 with a recruiting rebound and modernization gains, but questions about readiness and retention shadow its...
Marines Boost Enlistment Perks: FY26 Bonuses Target Critical Skills The Marine Corps released a new administrative message on November 3, 2025, outlining enlistment incentives for Fiscal Year...
Military Flight Pay Both officers and enlisted military members with flight-related duties receive forms of aviation incentive pay, or "flight...
ICE Entices New Recruits with Patriotism Pitch and Promise of $50,000 Signing Bonuses The agency responsible for President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda is launching a recruiting campaign.
What You Should Do with Special Duty Pay and Bonuses Receiving special duty pay, such as jump, dive or flight pay, is great news for your financial planning. That said, be...
Airmen Given Just Days to Reenlist to Claim Bonus for High-Skill Jobs The selective retention bonus, or SRB, for fiscal 2025 will end Tuesday, a statement from the service said, citing "high...
Army National Guard Clearing Yearslong Backlog of Enlistment Bonus Payouts Enlistment bonuses are supposed to be paid out in two installments within 30 days of two milestones: one after a soldier...
Marines Using Work-Arounds to Fund Duty Station Moves, Bonuses amid Congress' Stopgap Funding Marine Corps leaders said they have cleared backlogs of delayed duty station moves and are working to whittle down delayed...
Marine Corps Unveils New List of Bonuses Aimed at Keeping Crucial Jobs Filled The service is offering "primary military occupational specialty," or PMOS, bonuses that -- if including a kicker -- can...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Navy Commodore Relieved of Duties, First In Role To Lose Job in 2026 The relieved commodore lost the "trust and confidence" of superiors, will retain a staff position.
This Marine Married Chesty Puller’s Daughter and Was Recommended for the Medal of Honor at Khe Sanh In 1967, Vietnam, Capt. Bill Dabney chose the Marine unit closest to the enemy—an instinct that soon put him and his men at...
Pentagon Overhauls Military Moving System After Years of Family Complaints The Pentagon is overhauling its broken military moving system to centralize control, modernize technology and restore trust...
The Last Living Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination Told His Story on a 1950s Game Show Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, and heard the...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.