Pentagon Review Finds Troops' Pay Is Competitive But Recommends Quality-of-Life Tweaks
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 […]
Sig Sauer Ordered to Pay $11 Million to Army Veteran Wounded by Pistol that Went Off By Itself
A Philadelphia jury awarded $11 million on Wednesday to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the stairs, causing a serious leg injury — the second major verdict this year against the embattled gun manufacturer over its P320 model. After a three-week trial, the jury concluded […]
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers
Days before deployed soldiers were due to begin getting a much anticipated monthly pay bonus, the Army has delayed the payments with no timeline as to when they will debut. The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted, inevitably […]
National Guard Chief, VA Benefits Fix, Military Pay Raise: Here's What's Still on Congress' To-Do List as Recess Starts
The National Guard will be without a Senate-confirmed leader until at least September after the Senate left for a five-week summer break without taking action to approve a new chief. The National Guard vacancy is just one item in a stack of unfinished military and veterans-related business facing Congress as lawmakers head home for the […]
US Army Cut Off the Pay of Staff Sgt. Gordon Black After His Arrest in Russia, Officials Say
Army officials have confirmed that the service has stopped paying the salary of a U.S. enlisted soldier who traveled to Russia without permission before being arrested and sentenced to nearly four years in prison for theft. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was convicted of stealing and making threats of murder by a court in the […]
'Absolutely Fed Up': Senator Mulls Ways to Force Pentagon to Boost Incentive Pay for Guardsmen and Reservists
Two and a half years ago, Congress passed a law guaranteeing National Guardsmen and reservists would get the same amount of incentive pay for special skills as their active-duty counterparts. But the Pentagon still has not implemented that law, and one of the key senators who advocated for the change says her patience is running […]
Georgia Mourners Gather to Pay Tribute to Reservist Killed in Drone Strike
SAVANNAH, Ga. — In a solemn ceremony Thursday morning outside Windsor Forest High School in Savannah, JROTC cadets lowered the U.S. and Georgia state flags to half-staff in memory of graduate and U.S. Army Reservist Sgt. Breonna Moffett, one of three Georgia reservists killed in the Jordan drone attack. Moffett, who died a week after […]
West Virginia Guard Troops on Texas Border Mission Unhappy with Pay Level
Several volunteer members of the West Virginia National Guard say they are unhappy with the level of pay they are receiving at the southern border as part of Operation Lone Star. The troops departed West Virginia late last month for the southern border following a deployment ceremony in Charleston. They are assisting the Texas Military Department with that state’s ongoing efforts to secure […]
Tripler Army Medical Center to Pay $29.5M in Malpractice Case
Hawaii’s U.S. District Court on Tuesday awarded $29.5 million to a local military family in the largest medical malpractice judgment against Tripler Army Medical Center for a 2016 incident involving their then-month-old child. In September 2016, John and Laura Warren rushed their daughter to Tripler when their baby’s belly became distended and tight, and she turned blue from the bellybutton down. Shortly […]
