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Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NDAA has big changes for personnel, even though some blockbuster provisions are changed

Outside of the blockbuster parts of the 2022 defense authorization bill, there are many new policies Congress will mandate the Pentagon to enact once the…

Defense

FILE - This Feb. 7, 2018, file photo shows the skyline in Austin, Texas. For more than a year, cities around the country, including Austin, waited in suspense over whether they'd be chosen as Amazon's second home. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Amazon announced that it had picked for its new East Coast headquarters the New York neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens as well as a suburb of Washington, in Arlington, Va. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Austin tops areas with large military housing allowance increases in 2020

Defense

Trump signs continuing resolution, keeping agencies open through Dec. 20

Budget

No budget maneuvers this time, as Coast Guard military is set to miss Jan. 15 paycheck

Government Shutdown

Coast Guard says it’s found a way to pay military members after all

Pay & Benefits

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Comparing rise of mid-grade military wages to civilian middle class

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FILE- In this April 3, 2017, file photo U.S. Army soldiers march in formation during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. If you’re a veteran with student debt, you have repayment rights unique to military service members that can keep you on track and out of default. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Study shows military pay has been rising faster than civilian pay

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House lawmakers taking slow and steady approach to defense personnel reform

Defense

DoD requests biggest budget ever, citing need to recover from years of budget caps

Defense

House panel wants 2.4 percent military pay bump and bigger Army

Pay

Top Republican won’t budge on increased military pay raise

Pay & Benefits

Cuts to military pay and benefits can’t wait, Pentagon tells Congress

Defense officials say they are eagerly awaiting next year’s report from a congressionally-chartered commission that’s currently examining military compensation….

Budget

Military shutdown pay, financial aid info released

In a memo outlining DOD plans for dealing with the threatened government shutdown, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn explains who gets paid and when.

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Military would earn pay during shutdown

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Military members would continue to earn wages in the event of an April 8 shutdown of the federal government, but they\’d have to wait to collect them until Congress agrees on a budget, a senior administration official said.