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Retirees to see smaller Social Security COLA boost as inflation eases
The cost-of-living adjustment is significantly less than last year’s, which at 8.7% was the largest bump in four decades.
Veterans, retirees get 8.7% Social Security cost-of-living boost
The move will directly affect about 65 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits.
Chief Bass talks future pay raises, flexible housing stipends
Leaders hope to give noncommissioned officers a pay raise and change how the military calculates benefits like housing stipends.
Truck exhaust, IT woes and piles of rubble: Offutt faces uphill battle to rebuild
Rebuilding Offutt is expected to take about 10 years and more than $1 billion.
Cost of rebuilding Offutt will be higher than original estimate
Offutt Air Force Base was inundated with floodwaters in March 2019.
Why are so few troops applying for the extra housing money approved to ease financial woes?
The military services have so far approved just 4,167 claims for the temporary increase in Basic Allowance for Housing, far fewer than were anticipated by defense officials.
By Karen Jowers
‘We must work harder,’ SECDEF says as Pentagon grapples with civilian casualties of airstrikes
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged to review strike procedures to better avoid casualties.
Federal retirees to see record high cost-of-living increase for Social Security
The cost of living increase will fully benefit retirees under the Civil Service Retirement System, but have a lesser impact on Federal Employee Retirement System recipients.
By Jessie Bur
Veterans benefits could see a big cost-of-living boost later this year
Outside groups estimate the increase could be more than 6.0 percent for the first time in decades.
2.7 percent raise for troops, DoD civilians next year gains momentum
Senate leaders joined White House officials and House appropriators in backing a 2.7 percent pay raise for all servicemembers in 2022.
The Spouse Angle Podcast — Up this week: Why Many Military Families With Special Needs Aren’t Using a Program Designed for Them
The military offers dedicated resources for families with special medical and educational needs. Yet according to a new survey, many families don’t know about it.
By Military Times staff