Troops Making Less than $45,000 Would Get 'Inflation Bonus' Under House Proposal The proposed bonus of 2.4% was floated by Rep. Jared Golden as part of a proposed amendment to the $802 billion annual...
New Money for Troops Ordered to Move Out of Barracks Approved Following Airman's Suggestion Those forced to vacate barracks, dorms or ships may be eligible for several hundred dollars.
Senate Panel Adds Billions to Defense Budget But the Extra Money Wouldn’t Go to Troop Pay Raises A Senate panel has agreed to supersize President Biden’s defense budget request, but that money would not go toward a beefed...
Supercharging Military Pay Raises Because of Inflation Being Weighed in Congress With inflation hovering as high as 8.3%, lawmakers are signaling they expect to wrangle over a bigger raise for troops.
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4 Ways to Maximize Annual Training Pay Whether saving, paying off debt or investing, here’s how you can make the best use of your annual training pay.
Military Pay Allotments An allotment is a designated amount of money that is automatically distributed for you, from your pay.
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The Army Keeps Boosting Recruiting Bonuses as It Struggles to Find New Soldiers The Army has become more aggressive with major recruitment bonuses, especially for recruits who elect to ship out to basic...
Overseas COLA The Overseas Cost of Living Allowance is an allowance designed to equalize purchasing power of members stationed overseas.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...