Lawmakers Noncommittal on Military Retirement and Health Care Changes President Obama and members of Congress on Thursday were quick to praise the Military Compensation and Retirement Commission...
Lawmakers Praise Commission in Debating Military Benefits Changes U.S. lawmakers this week praised the work of a commission on military compensation and retirement reform.
Roth TSP Withholding Error Alters February Paychecks for 72K Troops A computer glitch at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service meant 72,000 service members who contribute to a Roth Thrift...
DHS Shutdown Would Halt Coast Guard Active Duty and Retiree Pay Coast Guard operations would be curtailed and paychecks to active duty, reserve and retirees would be suspended if the...
Combat Veterans Support Offering Troops a 401(k)-Style Retirement Plan Organizations that represent combat vets are getting behind a proposal to offer troops a 401(k)-style retirement plan.
House GOP Backs 401(k)-Like Military Retirement Plan, More Pay and BAH The subcommittee surprised many observers by including the provision to overhaul the military retirement system.
House Panel Backs Troop Retirement Overhaul Despite Vets' Objections A panel in the House of Representatives voted to overhaul troop retirement benefits despite objections from members who...
Senate Panel Backs Military Retirement Change, Troop Pay Raise of 1.3% Lawmakers on a Senate panel agreed to overhaul the military retirement system and give troops a less-than-expected pay raise...
Pentagon Backs 401(K)-Like Plan in Military Retirement Overhaul Troops could take the proposed 401(K)-like plan with them after they leave the service.
Vets Groups 'Encouraged' by Pentagon's Changes to 401(K)-Like Proposal Some vets groups are encouraged by the Pentagon's version of a 401(k)-like plan and other proposed changes to the military...
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...
