Military Pay Raise Safe, All Else Uncertain in Defense Budget, Key Lawmaker Says Rep. Adam Smith wants to cut $17 billion from the administration's $750 billion defense budget.
Lawmakers Align on 3.1% Pay Raise, Efforts to Slow Cuts to Military Medical Billets The draft House defense authorization bill also contains health and child care provisions.
Senate Panel Approves $750 Billion Defense Policy Bill The Senate Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly supported a proposed 3.1% military pay raise.
Redesign of myPay Website Promises Many Improvements The redesign will make the pay website easier to use on mobile devices and more.
Coast Guard to Take $11.3 Billion Budget Proposal to Capitol Hill The service's fiscal 2020 budget request seeks funds for new ships and aircraft and shore upgrades.
It’s Official: 2020 Budget Proposal Has Largest Troop Pay Raise in a Decade The White House backed a 3.1 percent military pay raise beginning in January 2020.
Next Troop Pay Raise Could Be Largest Since 2010 Though the raise is meant to be based on economic indicators, the White House and Congress often set a different rate.
Why the Marines Are Throwing Big Cash Bonuses at Infantry Squad Leaders Marine officials are reminding squad leaders that there are big bucks for those willing to re-enlist.
2019 Military Pay Raise Amounts Released Most military members will see a bump in their Jan. 15 paychecks.
Shorter Contracts, Hefty Bonuses Available for Air Force Pilots Air mobility and spec ops pilots will see a big increase if they choose to take advantage of this year's bonus program.
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...
