Pay & Benefits

Comprehensive news and information from Air Force Times about military pay and benefits


  • Sen. Graham: Cautious support for retirement changes
    Sen. Graham: Cautious support for retirement changes

    Sen. Lindsey Graham says the proposed overhaul of military retirement is transformational and Congress will give it careful scrutiny.

  • Obama signs Clay Hunt veterans suicide prevention bill
    Obama signs Clay Hunt veterans suicide prevention bill

    Acknowledging the struggles of the nation’s veterans, President Obama on Thursday signed legislation intended to reduce a military suicide epidemic that is claiming lives by the day.

  • New compensation proposals face skepticism in Congress
    New compensation proposals face skepticism in Congress

    An independent commission’s proposal for overhauling military retirement and health care benefits faced scrutiny and initial skepticism on Capitol Hill Wednesday as lawmakers got underway with committee-level review of the suggested changes.

  • Bill aims to improve fertility services for injured troops
    Bill aims to improve fertility services for injured troops

    Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., revived legislation to help injured troops have babies

  • 666 troops to get cash in foreclosure case
    666 troops to get cash in foreclosure case

    Hundreds of service members who were victims of nonjudicial foreclosures that allegedly violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act will receive a combined $88 million from four mortgage servicers, according to the Justice Department.

  • DoD home-finding site adds overseas listings
    DoD home-finding site adds overseas listings

    A new DoD website will help service members and family members find a home to rent overseas as well as in the continental U.S.

  • Tricare Help: Medical retirees are eligible for benefits
    Tricare Help: Medical retirees are eligible for benefits

    Any service members who receive formal military medical retirement short of the 20 years normally required to qualify for military retirement benefits are eligible for all those benefits just as if they had, in fact, served 20 years.

  • Some funding restored to family programs
    Some funding restored to family programs

    Defense officials have beefed up their budget request for the operations of family programs and services by about $400 million for fiscal year 2016, in some cases restoring levels at or closer to levels of two years ago. The budget also includes construction requests for one new child care center and for 10 construction projects…

  • Panel’s retirement claims draw skepticism
    Panel’s retirement claims draw skepticism

    The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission says the plan hinges on the belief that today’s service members want more choice in crafting their benefits.

  • Tricare Nurse Advice Line averages 1,700 calls daily
    Tricare Nurse Advice Line averages 1,700 calls daily

    Tricare’s Nurse Advice Line is bringing in the callers in its first six months of business