Here's what to expect when you retire from the military: The military offers a few retirement plans, so you'll want to see ...

Simply put, military retirement pay is unique to each retiree. There is no chart that shows how much military retirees will earn.

This post is about why there is not a military retirement pay chart, and what you can do about it. I get a LOT of email from people asking me to link to the military retirement pay chart.

If you retired between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 of last year, your COLA will be prorated just this one year. This prevents you from getting the double benefit of the new pay raise plus full COLA in the ...

Since 2004, however, their military retirement pay has been reduced to $2,000 per month (taxable), and they receive the $500 disability payment from the VA.

All service members entering the military are automatically enrolled in the Blended Retirement System, or BRS. Only those who served before 2018 remain in the legacy, all-or-nothing 20-year ...

The retirement reform plan, included in the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill, would replace the current 20-year, all-or-nothing system with a "blended" compensation plan featuring 401 (k ...

The Pentagon’s personnel budget is composed of three major items: pay, retirement, and health care. These costs have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and now consume one-third of the baseline ...

If left unreformed, military retirement costs are projected to grow to $217 billion by 2034. Military pay and health care reform will allow the Pentagon to achieve substantial savings in the near ...

In its first and possibly only Texas stop, the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission will hear testimony from military commanders and other scheduled speakers at public ...

That’s a critical challenge—a 2014 survey of active-duty troops conducted by The Military Times found a majority to be skeptical of proposed changes to military retirement.

If trends continue, it would mark the lowest raise since 2022 (2.7%). It would come after a 3.8% raise set for 2026, barring ...