Overseas Tour Extension Incentive Program - OTEIP The military may offer certain servicemembers an added incentive for extending their overseas tour.
More than 1,000 Guard Troops Got the Wrong Pay on Border Mission The pay issues range from soldiers being shortchanged, sometimes by thousands of dollars, to minor discrepancies.
You May Have Contributed Too Much to Your TSP in 2021 A clerical error by DFAS could let you put more money into the fund than allowed
Biden Signs Defense Bill that Backs 2.7% Pay Raise for Troops The $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act also changes the way the military justice system will prosecute sexual...
Concurrent Receipt (CRDP) Pay Computation CRDP allows eligible military retirees to recover some or all of the retired pay that they waive for VA disability...
Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) Overview Concurrent Receipt of Disability Pay lets you get military retirement pay and VA disability compensation at the same time.
Waiver of Retired Pay Under certain circumstances a military retiree may choose to waive part or all of their military retirement pay.
How To Start A TSP Account Read on for details on starting a thrift savings plan account, and the different contribution plans.
A New Program Promises More Pay and Perks for Sailors to Stay at Sea The Navy is rolling out an experimental new program that aims to put sailors in select occupations out to sea for longer...
Why Do Enlisted Personnel Get More BAS Than Officers? This is one of the few times rank doesn't have its privileges.
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...
