Here's Your 2020 Military Retiree, VA and Social Security Pay Bump The 2020 military retiree, VA disability and social security pay increase is smaller than the one received in 2019.
Lawmakers Urge Approval of New Cash Allotment for Low-Income Military Families The subsidy would be calculated based on the service member's base pay plus income of other household members, including...
Army Rolls Out New Reenlistment Bonus Worth Up to $81,000 While only a few can benefit this fiscal year, about 45% of soldiers eligible to reenlist in fiscal 2020 can take advantage.
Pentagon Paid Out Nearly $1 Billion in Improper Travel Reimbursements over 3 Years The DoD also lost $205 million through improper payments in 2017 and 2018, a new report found.
House Passes $733 Billion Defense Bill, Including 3.1% Pay Raise for Troops The House passed a $733 billion defense policy bill -- $17 billion short of what the White House wanted.
Lawmakers Still Fighting to Keep US Out of War With Iran House Democrats back a measure already rejected by the Senate to require congressional approval for attacking Iran.
Marines in These In-Demand Fields Can Take Home Big Bonuses in 2020 Enlisted Marines in dozens of military occupational specialties will qualify for re-enlistment bonuses in fiscal 2020.
Military's 3.1% Pay Raise Passes Senate as House Prepares to Do Battle Over Iran The $750 billion defense policy bill, including the 3.1% military pay raise, passed the Senate and now moves to the House.
The Marines Are Doling Out Up to $280K in Bonuses to Keep Pilots Flying The Marine Corps is opening its aviation bonus program to some of its more experienced pilots.
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...
