Pay & Benefits

Your 2021 Guide to Military Benefits

Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.

Moving more military patients out of MTFs could cause them ‘significant harm,’ study finds

Military patients are getting better quality of inpatient care in MTFs, compared to those getting care in local civilian hospitals.

11 hours ago

Bigger military pay raise on lawmakers’ agenda for 2022

Troops are scheduled to receive a 2.7 percent boost in their salaries starting in January.

20 hours ago

Mil Money

First lady says more money needed to fight hunger in military families

The House version of the defense policy bill would create a “basic needs allowance” to supplement troops with a household income of less than 130 percent of the federal poverty line.

Navy will reevaluate discharge upgrade applications for sailors, Marines with PTSD, TBI, other conditions

Decisions from the Naval Discharge Review Board since March 2, 2012, will automatically be reviewed if the applicant didn’t receive an upgrade to honorable discharge. Sailors and Marines who were separated before that time can reapply.

7 days ago

Naval Community College prepares for second influx of sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen

The pilot program allows service members to earn an associate’s degree, with courses starting in January 2022.

9 days ago

Fort Jackson

Army joins Navy, Marine Corps in giving all tenant protections, including dispute process, withholding rent

Dispute resolutions, process for withholding rents -- all protections are in place for tenants of Army, Navy, Marine Corps privatized housing.

10 days ago

Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping

Exchange officials: 'Do not wait to buy — if you see it buy it!'

10 days ago

Military moves: The ‘trail of misery’ continues with long delays, families say

Shipping snarls cause some military families to wait an extra four months or longer for their household goods shipments.

13 days ago

The Spouse Angle Podcast: Many Military Families Are Eligible for Extra Housing Money

About 200,000 service members and their families may be eligible for a temporary increase in monthly housing allowance in areas where available and affordable housing is hard to come by.

2 weeks ago

Two-thirds of military teens want to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But these kids ‘are not okay,’ survey finds

Military teen survey finding: 42 percent show signs of emotional distress

2 weeks ago

Here’s how to get your holiday goodies to troops overseas in time, but it will cost more

The grinch has been at work on some mailing costs.

2 weeks ago

No money to pay troops if debt ceiling deal doesn’t happen, defense secretary warns

The U.S. is due to run out of cash reserves on Oct. 18.

2 weeks ago