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How servicemembers can get the most out of their pay

Recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office found that on average, "enlisted personnel receive cash compensation that is higher than that received by about 90% percent of civilians of the same age and education.” So what's the best way to capitalize on that?

Veterans Affairs

A five-decade financial burden known as the Widow's Tax is finally gone

Benefits

Federal employees used 58% of special emergency paid leave fund for COVID-19

Federal Newscast

Army has new plan for controlling the top of the globe

Pay

Repaying your 2020 deferred taxes: What you need to know

DoD Reporter's Notebook

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

Pay & Benefits

USPS won’t implement payroll tax deferral after reviewing impact on employees

payroll tax

Pay & Benefits

Vague OMB guidance on payroll tax deferral leaves many questions unanswered

Donald Trump

Pay

Payroll tax deferral will kick in for military, civilian feds next week

DoD budget, Navy

Pay

Non-negotiable: all military members will be subject to Trump's payroll tax deferral

TSP, retirement

Pay

Federal employees can't opt out of payroll tax deferral, agency says

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks by video teleconference from U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, May 7, 2020, with military medical specialists at civilian hospitals in New York and Connecticut. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Board recommends eliminating DoD CMO's office, replacing it with one of 3 options

U.S. Army soldiers representing units participating in the the Anaconda-16 military exercise, attend the opening ceremony, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, June 6, 2016. Poland and some NATO members are launching their biggest ever exercise, involving some 31,000 troops, as central and eastern European nations are seeking strong security guarantees among concerns about Russia's assertiveness and actions. .(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Defense

Soldier for Life puts a focus on transitioning service members with new publication

dollar bills against the background of military equipment

Federal Newscast

DFAS says timing uncertain for post-shutdown back pay

Congress

Senators question federal payroll providers’ efforts to protect feds’ identities