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Jan 15, 2025 · The Pentagon's pay review, conducted every four years, has found that service members are paid just as well, if not better, than similar civilians.. The review, known as the Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation, or QRMC, was unveiled Wednesday and reported that "the department's compensation package is strongly competitive with the civilian labor market," a senior defense official told ...

11 hours ago · An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written generations ago amid a violent conflict. It could only be documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, returning with another thoroughly researched and star-studded retelling of a seminal era ...

6 days ago · A Washington state lawmaker is seeking answers on the problematic transition this month of the Defense Department's contract for managing the Tricare West Region.. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., sent a letter Thursday to the Defense Health Agency saying the issues with new contractor TriWest Healthcare Alliance were hurting military readiness.

Jan 22, 2025 · The executive order said the suspension would take effect Jan. 27. But flights are already being canceled, according to advocates and resettlement agencies, meaning thousands of Afghans already approved for resettlement are now in limbo, along with thousands more who are at some point in the application process.

Jan 23, 2025 · Thomas Novelly is a reporter for Military.com focusing on coverage of the Air Force and Space Force. He previously covered veterans, military bases and federal politics in South Carolina for The Post and Courier, where he was part of the reporting team for “Rising Waters,” a project that examined climate-driven flooding and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Jan 16, 2025 · The MISSION Act of 2018 aimed to strike a balance of modernizing and strengthening VA’s direct care service and offering community care, Lyle said, but the outcome so far has resulted in ballooning costs: The price tag for community care spiked from roughly $15 billion in 2018 to $28.5 billion in 2023. VA leaders worry that the level of spending will increasingly damage their ability to ...

Oct 24, 2024 · This Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. got into the act in a tweet criticizing Kamala Harris’ response to a story that Trump wanted "the kind of generals that Hitler had": "It’s particularly ironic since Biden/Harris have just pushed through DoD Directive 5240.01 giving the Pentagon power -- for the first time in history -- to use lethal force to …

Apr 22, 2024 · Lawmakers in a new House select committee on China from left, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., committee Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., gather for a tabletop war game exercise in the House Ways and Means Committee room on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Washington.

While the language of the bill is not final until both houses of Congress have met in conference to confirm a joint version, these are some of the extra cash opportunities likely coming for troops in the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.