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Lawmakers demand answers on unpaid National Guard bonuses
“It is absolutely unacceptable that the National Guard has not paid thousands of soldiers and veterans the enlistment bonuses they were promised.”
By Sarah Sicard
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‘Extraordinary circumstances’ facing hungry military families
Congress and the Defense Department can take action to help bring relief to struggling military families and service members experiencing food insecurity.
By Abby J. Leibman and Retired Maj. Gen. John Ferrari
Your Credit Card Holiday Guide
Credit cards have the potential to make a big impact on your finances. They’re a great way to build your credit history, earn rewards and some even come with some pretty handy perks. But many Americans are spending less time choosing a credit card than they are remembering their video steaming passwords. That may be even truer around the holidays when issuers are pushing huge sign-up bonuses. So, what does that mean for you?
The Army is extending recruiters’ orders by two months ... to ask them if they want an extension
The Army is offering $1,500 a month for current recruiters to tack an extra year onto their tours, in a scramble to get the recruiting force manned at 100 percent for the new year.
To draw more soldiers, the Army wants more recruiters, bigger budgets and a better slogan
It's getting harder to find new recruits, so the Army is rethinking how it competes to get today's young people.
The Army is ready to dole out bonuses to keep recruiters
If you're on temporary recruiting duty, the Army might give you some cash to stay on.
With retention up and recruiting down, here’s how the Army plans to add 7,500 more soldiers to the ranks
With a limited recruiting environment, hundreds of reservists jumping to the active component and a healthy economy, the Army has struggled to keep afloat its fiscal 2017 end strength of 1.018 million soldiers.
Infantry, cavalry scouts, combat medics and others once again eligible for retention bonus
Soldiers in 10 MOSs can get thousands of dollars for reenlisting and staying in.
New Army rule protects airborne pay for soldiers behind on their required jumps
The Army has updated a regulation allowing commanders to waive one required jump per year without affecting a paratrooper’s pay.
Army considering special pay for soldiers who deploy
The Army is looking at an initiative that would begin the separation process for soldiers who are on non-deployable status for more than a year, but leadership is also coming at the issue from the other side, mulling a proposal to offer a pay bump to soldiers who deploy.
Re-up now: Army offers up to $12,000, plus bigger bonuses, to eligible soldiers
If you missed the big re-enlistment bonus bucks this year, you’re in luck.
MEDAL: Pentagon admits mistake in disputed California Guard bonuses
The Defense Department decided that it will not force some 17,000 California National Guard soldiers to repay enlistment bonuses and other payments that they received a decade ago due to a payroll-related snafu.
By Military Times Editors