Carter Proposes Pay and Benefits Overhaul in 'Future Force' Plan The Pentagon was pushing a "Force of the Future" plan with pay and benefits based upon the "principles of talent management."
Stateside Housing Allowances to Rise Only 3.4 Percent Defense pay officials are executing a five-year plan, which Congress approved, to dampen stateside housing allowances...
Air Force Offers $125K Critical Skills Bonus to Drone Pilots The U.S. Air Force will offer a critical skills retention bonus to airmen who fly remotely piloted aircraft such as the...
Spending Deal Includes Funding for 1.3% Troop Pay Raise, More Weapons U.S. lawmakers early Wednesday agreed to a $1.1 trillion spending deal for the fiscal year that includes funding for a 1.3...
Carter Seeks 1.6% Pay Increase, Funds to Counter Russia and China The Pentagon's budget proposal included a 1.6 percent pay increase, new spending to counter Russia and China, and development...
Air Force Announces More Re-Enlistment Bonuses for Expanding Force The Air Force is offering bonuses of up to $90,000 for airmen in 117 specialties in 2016.
Lawmaker: Congress Must Fight for Higher Troop Pay Raise A 1.6-percent pay raise for military members proposed as part of the president's fiscal 2017 budget is "ridiculous," says one...
Obama's Last Defense Budget Adds Funds for Europe, Counterterrorism President Barack Obama's proposed defense budget would increase military spending less than 1 percent, guaranteeing a long...
DoD Seeks to Delay Matching Retirement Contributions for Junior Troops DoD's proposed budget for 2017 seeks to rein in the military’s new retirement system by delaying when junior troops can begin...
Carter to Revive 'Force of the Future' Plan Despite Lawmaker Criticism Defense Secretary Carter was seeking to revive his "Force of the Future" overhaul, which was trashed in Congress last week.
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...
