Military Blocks Troop Pay Check Allotments for Personal Property Service members will soon be blocked from setting up new paycheck allotments for personal property, DoD officials announced.
TDY Reimbursement Cuts Worry Military Families The Pentagon made recent cuts to the reimbursement rate for long term temporary duty (TDY) assignment expenses.
New House Military Personnel Chair against More Pay and Benefits Cuts Rep. Joe Heck said he'll use his post as House military personnel chair to oppose Pentagon proposals for cuts to pay and...
Air Force Mulls Drone Pilot Bonus to Boost Retention The service is short unmanned aerial vehicle pilots for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper at a time when the drones are in...
Report: McCain Open to Changing Troop Pay, Benefits The new chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said he's willing to make some changes to troop pay and benefits...
Air Force Doubles Extra Pay for Drone Pilots to $1,500 per Month The U.S. Air Force is more than doubling special pay for some drone pilots to $1,500 a month -- a move designed to address a...
Hagel Warns Major Changes Coming to Pay and Benefits Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that 2015 will feature a major debate in Congress on proposed changes to military pay and...
Chairman Says Congress Wary of Military Pay and Benefit Cuts The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he was concerned that changes to pay and benefits could force...
Report: Changes May Hit Military Basic, Special and Retirement Pays The Military Compensation and Retirement Commission will release its long-awaited report Thursday after a two-year review.
Pentagon 2016 Budget Includes Pay Raise, More BAH Cuts, Tricare Merger The DoD's proposed budget calls for a modest pay raise but more cuts to housing allowances, while consolidating Tricare...
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...
