No Protections for Troop Paychecks Yet as Lawmakers Bicker and Shutdown Grows More Likely The uncertainty over troop pay comes as government funding is on track to expire at midnight Saturday.
Will Congress Protect Troop Pay if the Government Shuts Down Sunday? For Now, That's Unclear Bills have been introduced in both the House and the Senate that would allow service members, including members of the Coast...
What Military Families Need to Know About a Government Shutdown What should you do if there's a government shutdown? Some of the best advice for military families, in every situation, is to...
Threat to Troop Paychecks Rises as Congress Fumbles Pentagon Bill and Lurches Toward a Government Shutdown Two times this week, House Republicans tried and failed to advance their fiscal 2024 Pentagon spending bill because of...
I Was Wounded in Iraq. Vets Like Me Aren't Getting Our Full Retirement Pay and Congress Won't Act. "Some 50,000 veterans who are medically retired from combat and have less than 20 years of service have been left behind by...
How a Government Shutdown Impacts Military Pay, Benefits These are the details from the military on what a government shutdown means for military pay and benefits.
What to Do in a Government Shutdown: Don't Panic! Be Proactive Panic seems like the natural response to the prospect of missing a paycheck due to a government shutdown. But a better idea...
Odds of Shutdown and Missed Paychecks for Troops Grow Amid Chaos in the House In 2013, when the government shut down for 16 days, lawmakers passed a bill just before the shutdown started to ensure troops...
Republican Bill with Massive Boost to Junior Enlisted Pay Sparks Veto Threat from Biden The White House is taking issue with a House Republican proposal to give junior enlisted troops a more than 30% pay bump next...
Navy Fires Executive Officer of Pay and Personnel Support Center Amid Investigation The Navy confirmed Friday that it removed the executive officer of a command responsible for ensuring sailors have accurate...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
