DefenceTalkThe Defense Department announced the 2015 military pay and compensation rates for service members Dec. 22, with most service members receiving a 1 percent increase in basic pay. The new rates for basic pay, basic allowance for housing (BAH), basic allowance for subsistence (BAS), and the cost of living allowance (COLA) rates for the contiguous […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-releases-2015-military-pay-compensation-rates-61231/

DefenceTalkMost Soldiers will receive a one-percent increase in basic pay in January along with a 2.9-percent increase in their basic allowance for subsistence. The new rates for basic pay, basic allowance for housing, basic allowance for subsistence, and the cost of living allowance rates for the contiguous United States were announce today by DOD, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/soldiers-to-get-one-percent-pay-raise-in-new-year-61196/

DefenceTalkThe US military’s nearly 1.4 million troops will stay on the job in the case of a government shutdown but they will not get paid, the Pentagon said Friday. And if Congress fails to agree on a new budget measure by the close of the fiscal year on Monday, September 30, “roughly half” the Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-troops-wont-get-paid-during-shutdown-pentagon-49232/