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...
Military Continuation Pay: The Mid-Career Bonus You Don't Want to Miss Out On Unfortunately, some military service members miss out on their mid-career continuation pay bonus, because they don't know the...
Immediate Action Needed to Boost Military Pay and Improve Housing, Senior Enlisted Leaders Tell Congress Pressed by House panel Chairman Don Bacon to identify the top two quality-of-life issues facing their services, all the...
2023 Blended Retirement Continuation Pay Rates The Blended Retirement System's continuation pay is used as a retention incentive for mid-career members.
Deployed Troops Could Get More Pay for Family Separation. But the Pentagon Is Dragging Its Feet. The FSA is typically an extra monthly $250 that a service member is paid "to defray a reasonable amount of extra expenses"...
2024 Military CONUS COLA Rates The Department of Defense has announced the 2024 Continental United States (CONUS) Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) rates.
12,000 More Troops Based in US to Get Cost-of-Living Allowances in 2024 About 17,000 service members will receive a total of about $26 million in CONUS COLA payments in 2024.
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...
Temporary Promotions for Army Noncommissioned Officers to End in June The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion...
Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire Oil-processing, one of Russia’s most important industries, has been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks since late January.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...