Senate's $740 Billion Defense Bill Includes Pay Raise, Controversial Changes The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday advanced the $740.5 billion defense bill for fiscal 2021.
Clash over Renaming Army Bases Could Delay Troops' Pay Raise, Senator Warns A showdown over renaming bases honoring Confederate leaders may leave the next defense policy bill facing Trump's veto stamp.
Military Pay Raise for 2021 Moves Forward in Senate The Senate Armed Services Personnel subcommittee also approved an increase to military end strength.
Milley: DoD 'Absolutely' Considering Hazard Pay for Activated Guard, Reserve Troops The DoD is also looking into the possibility of individual and unit awards for those supporting the COVID-19 response effort.
Pandemic Spending Won't Prevent the Next Military Pay Raise, Lawmaker Says "Nobody does it for the money, but it is at least a factor in families deciding whether they want to join or stay in the...
Navy Expands Sea Duty Pay As Deployed Ships Battle Virus Outbreaks The Navy is throwing extra money at some sailors willing to extend their time at sea or head back earlier than planned.
Why Is Our Military BAS Pay Gone? If your paycheck is lower this month, the culprit might be your military BAS pay, or "Basic Allowance for Subsistence." Read...
Thousands More Sailors May Get Re-Up Cash as Navy Expands 2020 Bonuses As millions of civilians file for unemployment, the Navy is offering 10,000 more sailors the chance to pocket extra cash.
Will Troops Continue to Receive Special Pays Amid the Pandemic? It Depends Whether troops get to keep the pays is ultimately up to each service's top officials, a new memo notes.
Here's How the Army Will Pay New Recruits Who Can’t Get to Basic Training The 1,400 recruits on hold because of the novel coronavirus pandemic will likely be paid as privates.
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...
