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What troops need to know about Basic Allowance for Housing in 2025
The military’s housing stipend, known as the Basic Allowance for Housing, increased by an average of 5.4% per person in January 2025.
By Karen Jowers
Everything troops and families need to know about filing taxes in 2025
Tax deadlines are closing in fast. Here's everything military families need to know this season.
By Karen Jowers
Trump tariffs could backfire on military, some experts warn
Defense programs, particularly shipbuilding, will experience high costs and delays if the administration's tariffs target crucial materials, analysts said.
Troops to get an average housing allowance boost of over 5% in 2025
The new rates take effect Jan. 1.
By Karen Jowers
Opinion
Why troops in combat jobs should get higher danger pay than others
In this op-ed, the authors argue the Pentagon should change its current danger pay structure to pay more money to troops exposed to greater combat risk.
By Thomas J. Kniesner, Ryan Sullivan and W. Kip Viscusi