Service Personnel Chiefs Raise Concerns with Retirement Reforms A 401(k)-style retirement model that emphasizes savings over time may pose a problem for enlisted career troops, personnel...
2.1% Pay Raise, More Troops, Commissary Changes in Draft Defense Bill Troops would receive a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2017 under a plan released by House lawmakers this week.
Senators Back 1.6% Troop Pay Raise, Women in Draft, Health Care Reform A key Senate panel OK'd a 1.6 percent pay raise for troops, requiring women to register for the draft and overhauling Tricare...
Senate Backs 1.6% Troop Pay Raise, BAH Cuts, Health Care Reform The Senate has approved a defense bill that calls for a 1.6 percent military pay raise and reduced housing allowances.
Air Force Favors Big Boost in Retention Bonuses for Pilots The Air Force is looking for boosts in retention bonuses for pilots above the current $25,000 cap to stem the exodus of...
Obama Sets Troop Pay Raise at 1.6 Percent in 2017 The presidential order is consistent with the Pentagon's proposed $583 billion budget for fiscal 2017, which begins Oct. 1.
Enlisted Drone Pilots to Get Same Bonus Pay as Officers: Cody Enlisted drone pilots will be eligible for the same bonuses offered its officers, the service's top enlisted leaders said.
California Guardsmen Ordered to Pay Back Bonuses: Report The Pentagon is ordering almost 10,000 one-time National Guardsmen from California to pay back enlistment bonuses.
Lawmaker Rips DoD Takeback of Troop Bonuses as 'Boneheaded' A number of lawmakers calling for the DoD to stop seeking repayment of enlistment bonuses from thousands of California...
What Happens to Guardsmen Who Repaid Bonuses? Questions swirled about what happens to the hundreds of troops who already returned the money.
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...
