After 9,000 Guardsmen Weren't Paid Owed Bonuses, House Lawmakers Say They Want Answers A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to the National Guard's commanding officer, demanding answers for the...
A Week After Suspending Reenlistment Bonuses, Army National Guard Says It Found Money to Reinstate the Incentives The Army National Guard restarted issuing reenlistment bonuses on March 8, just a week after the program was suspended due to...
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
Money for 5.2% Troop Pay Raise, Enlisted Hardship Bonuses Included in Last-Minute Government Funding Bill Lawmakers have unveiled an agreement to provide the Pentagon with $825 billion for this fiscal year that eschews...
Army National Guard Temporarily Suspends Reenlistment Bonuses Due to Lack of Funding The sudden suspension is due to a miscalculation by National Guard planners who forecast the amount of funds needed and the...
Air Force Is Offering Up to $600,000 in New Bonuses to Keep Experienced Aviators on the Job The Air Force is dangling another round of hefty bonuses that could range anywhere from $45,000 to $600,000 as an incentive...
Army Should Focus More Recruiting Effort on TV Outreach Rather than Bonuses, New Study Says For an Army trying desperately to appeal to wired Gen Z to fill the ranks, television is still remarkably relevant.
Soldiers Unpaid: National Guard Hasn't Paid Out Thousands of Enlistment Bonuses The National Guard is behind paying at least 9,000 soldiers the bonuses they were promised for signing up, according to a...
Big Bonuses, Relaxed Policies, New Slogan: None of It Saved the Military from a Recruiting Crisis in 2023 Of the five Defense Department service branches, only two met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for fiscal 2023.
Army Temporarily Suspends Reenlistment Bonuses for Soldiers After Hitting High Retention Rates Soldiers will not be able to contract under the old selective retention bonus until it is reinstated, according to the...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
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...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...