2024 Military CONUS COLA Rates The Department of Defense has announced the 2024 Continental United States (CONUS) Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) rates.
12,000 More Troops Based in US to Get Cost-of-Living Allowances in 2024 About 17,000 service members will receive a total of about $26 million in CONUS COLA payments in 2024.
Overseas Cost-of-Living Cuts Are About to Take a Bite Out of Paychecks. Some Bases Are Already Warning Troops. Cuts to service members' overseas cost-of-living allowances are coming, and some areas are starting to warn troops about the...
A Key Survivor Benefit Plan Deadline Was Moved Up. Here’s What You Need to Know The deadline to enroll in the military's Survivor Benefit Plan during this year's open season has just shortened --...
Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk The annual task in Congress ensures that VA compensation keeps pace with Social Security increases.
Pay Cuts for Military Families Overseas Coming This Month as Pentagon Delays Run Out Cost-of-living allowances for service members and their families stationed overseas will decrease starting this month, the...
Days Ahead of Massive Allowance Cuts for Some Military Families, Pentagon Allegedly Working on a Fix Officials are already working behind the scenes to prevent the cuts from happening, a defense official with knowledge of the...
How to Avoid the Military 'COLA Trap' by Getting Smart About Your Retirement Date To understand how pay inversions happen, you'll need to get your head around how your retirement will be calculated.
Cuts to Stateside Cost of Living Allowances Coming for Service Members as Other Pays Go Up Next year about 1,000 fewer troops will be getting an allowance intended to help them live in expensive parts of America, the...
COLA Reinstated for Service Members in Japan for the First Time in Months The latest change comes amid rapid currency fluctuations that led to the halting of the payments.
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...