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Troop Pay Could Be Delayed Under Elon Musk-Inspired Government Shutdown The potential loss of pay in the midst of the holiday season was looming Thursday after plans negotiated by Republicans and...
Military Households: What Are Your Financial Questions Heading into 2025? As 2025 approaches, along with the potential for junior troops to earn thousands more a year thanks to a likely raise, we...
Soldiers and Their Families Will Be Eligible for Up to $4,000 in Grants for Emergency Travel The group, Army Emergency Relief, said it will offer airfare grants of up to $2,000 for domestic travel and $4,000 for...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Your Year-End Financial Action Plan, Part 4: Maximizing Retirement Use this year-end evaluation as an opportunity to discuss and get aligned on your retirement goals and portfolio.
Your Projected Military Pay Raise for 2025, Plus Veterans Pension and BAH Updates Under the National Defense Authorization Act, which received approval in the House on Dec. 11, troops in the ranks of E-1...
Navigating Winter Unemployment: A Veteran's Guide to Staying Productive, Positive and Eminently Employable
Biden Signs Defense Bill with Junior Enlisted Pay Hike, Ban on Treatments for Transgender Military Kids A massive raise for junior enlisted troops next year and a ban on some health care for transgender children of service...
Maryland Air National Guard to Add DC Fighter Squadron as Federal Budget Negotiations Settle U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrats, called it a “win-win scenario” that preserves Maryland’s...
Rare Corruption Case Against 4-Star Admiral Runs Headlong into Mistress Testimony Issues, Pentagon Culture The witness in question is a woman with whom Burke was having an affair and who, according to court filings, went to...
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two...
Ukraine's Military Intelligence Says North Korean Troops Suffer Heavy Battlefield Losses North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region and are facing logistical...
Air Force Tears Down Historic Wright-Patterson House After $1.2M Renovation A little over a decade after the Air Force spent some $1.2 million to renovate a former officer's home on Wright-Patterson...
Trump Claims Government Knows What Drones Are In a far-ranging interview news conference, President-elect Donald Trump said the U.S. government "knows what is happening" with the...
Russian Forces Seen Withdrawing Toward Northern Syrian City of Tartus A lengthy convoy of Russian military vehicles were seen withdrawing from Latakia toward the Syrian city of Tartus on...
Schumer Calls on US Agencies to Use Advanced Technology to Identify Mysterious Drones After weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, U.S...
Mother of American Found in Syria: 'We All Want You Home' An American citizen who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system said he...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Army Veteran Sentenced to Probation for Milestone Conviction in Oath Keepers Sedition Plot The judge described Joshua James as a “true American hero” for his military service and praised him for having the courage to...
Pentagon Reveals 2,000 US Troops Are in Syria – More than Double What Was Previously Reported In a surprise announcement, the Pentagon revealed that it has not been offering an accurate count of how many U.S. troops it...
Plan to Build Houses on Contaminated Airfield Stalls as Texas City's Fight with the Navy Continues A plan to turn a contaminated former Navy airfield in Dallas into a neighborhood with 6,800 new homes continues to be delayed...
Cities Worldwide Hold Subdued Christmas Eve Celebrations Amid Conflicts In Virginia, hundreds of sailors and their loved ones got an early Christmas present when the USS Cole docked at its home...
Hearing Loss, Asthma Won't Disqualify Air Force and Space Force Recruits Under New Policy The new waivers come as the Air Force managed to scrape by its active-duty recruiting goals, in large part due to policy...
Maryland Air National Guard to Add DC Fighter Squadron as Federal Budget Negotiations Settle U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrats, called it a “win-win scenario” that preserves Maryland’s...
Space Force Guardians Overwhelmingly Accepting of New Fitness Tracking in Study Thousands of Space Force guardians have traded out fitness tests for continuous tracking of their workouts.
Hearing Loss, Asthma Won't Disqualify Air Force and Space Force Recruits Under New Policy The new waivers come as the Air Force managed to scrape by its active-duty recruiting goals, in large part due to policy...
Marine Sergeant Charged with Murder in Alleged Shooting Death of Civilian at Camp Lejeune Sgt. Dakota Honstein, 26 and an active-duty Marine assigned to Lejeune, will face a court-martial between April 21 and May 6...
Marines Safe After Super Stallion Fire Caused Emergency Landing, Engulfing Helicopter in Flames A Marine Corps helicopter's engine caught fire, forcing its crew to make an emergency landing near Camp Pendleton in Southern...
Coast Guard Halts Departure of Historic Ocean Liner Destined to Become a Giant Artificial Reef The historic ocean liner the SS United States appears to be staying at a Philadelphia dock for now after the U.S. Coast Guard...
US Coast Guard to Participate in First-Ever Drill in Tokyo Bay The coast guards of Japan, the United States, Australia and India are to conduct their first four-country drill at the Port...