2023 Military pay raise: How to get the most out of your additional money
After a year of record inflation, 2023 is starting off with good news for service members and Department of Defense civilians as the biggest pay raise in 20 years hits…
Pay charts in the military
Wondering how much you can make by joining the military? What about what you’ll get once promoted (or hitting another year in service)? Military pay is one of the most…
Army okays hardship pay for extended deployments
The Army is reinstating a program to provide its personnel a temporary pay bump for deployments longer than nine months. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston announced the change…
2021 Military Pay Charts
What is your monthly base pay? Military.com’s Military pay charts give you all the information you need. 2021 Pay Charts Military pay saw a 3.0% increase for 2021 compared to 2020 levels. View the 2021…
Recent changes with the 2020 NDAA and how they impact you
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an annual piece of legislation which gives authority and funding to the United States Military. While it is a detailed body of work that doesn’t make for light reading, it should be read. Th…
This is why Coast Guardsmen aren’t getting paid while other troops are
On December 22nd, the United States entered a partial government shutdown due to a failure to get legislation signed that appropriated funds for 2019. All politics firmly set aside for the sake of this discussion, the fact is that about 400…