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.

Coming soon: Commissary groceries delivered to your doorstep

It's a first for commissary customers, and it's all about convenience and access to the benefit.

11 hours ago

Despite drug shortages, military has mostly been able to find alternative supplies

National supply chain issues are causing more drug shortages, according to reports. But the military appears okay for now.

3 days ago

Pay & Benefits

50,000 military families in 38 privatized housing communities see new ownership

"We put some very, very harsh downward pressure on Clark, because they were a failing partner," said Army Gen. Edward Daly, head of Army Materiel Command.

Ensign Kaitlyn Leibing, right, helps Hospitalman Angela Mello don personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering a COVID-19-positive, non-critical patient’s room at Naval Medical Center San Diego on Aug. 4, 2020.

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.

4 days 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.

5 days ago

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.

10 days ago

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.

11 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.

13 days ago

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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.

14 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!'

2 weeks 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.

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

3 weeks ago