Latest "pay and benefits" stories

Housing for service members is shown at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Military families’ housing benefits lag as rents explode

Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances.

3 months ago

Challenges and triumphs of military family life

Insights, tips, and tools and tools to help military families

10 months ago

‘A national outrage’: Lawmakers seek solutions to food insecurity in military, veteran families

Should junior enlisted families receive automatic SNAP benefits for six months after leaving the military?

By Karen Jowers

18 months ago

VA to start processing Vietnam vets’ claims for conditions newly linked to Agent Orange poisoning

Individuals suffering from bladder cancer, hypothyroidism, and Parkinsonism will be able to receive disability payments for their conditions.

By Leo Shane III

18 months ago

Billet cuts affecting military medical facilities and patients, lawmaker says

'We’ve seen them lose access to quality care.'

By Karen Jowers

18 months ago

Navy offers retention bonuses up to $125,000 for eligible special warfare officers

Qualified naval special warfare officers can apply for the retention bonuses in return for another three or five years of service.

By Diana Stancy Correll

2 years ago

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