Basic Allowance News Today

A new policy attempts to alleviate the financial burden on sailors so they are not footing the bill for two homes.

Are commissaries meeting the religious dietary needs of troops and families?

The fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that passed out of the House Armed Services Committee late Wednesday features millions

A 19.5% pay hike for junior enlisted service members next year is one step closer to reality after the House Armed Services Committee advanced its must-pass defense policy bill.

WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee will take up a defense authorization bill next week that would authorize the Pentagon to spend $1.2 billion to increase housing allowance payments

As service members struggle with both housing availability and child care access, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers thinks they have a solution: Why not put them in the same building?

The draft fiscal 2025 NDAA released by the House Armed Services Committee would increase the Pentagon's Basic Housing Allowance

After postposing an ordinance to add a 4% privilege tax to local hotel-motel charges, the City Council has now announced plans to go forward with the tax but at a lower rate.

An Army Major from Fort Liberty was convicted of smuggling weapons inside barrels of rice headed to Ghana, the Department of Justice said.

The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act would enact most of the key recommendations from the military quality-of-life report released last week by a committee subpanel, including giving junior enlisted service members a 15% raise.