House-Senate conferees have negotiated a final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2018 that rejects most of the Senate's provisions to put a cap on the 2018 pay raise, reduce to housing allowances for most members married to other service members, raise TRICARE fees for retirees, and limit other benefits. The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and leader of House Republican conferees stated that all conferees had "the welfare of service members foremost in our minds..." Read the full article to see how your pay, housing allowance, TRICARE, and other benefits could be impacted.
2018 National Defense Act Update
Current issue of the Military Report
- New High-Tech GI Bill Program Coming Soon
- VA Touts Health Record Access for iPhone Users
- Task Force Backs Merger of Exchange, Commissary Systems
- Veterans Wanted: Sitel Is Hiring Now
- $100k SGLI Supplement from Just $7 a Month
- Survey Finds Toxic Conditions in Military Housing
- VA's 2019 Golden Age Games Applications to Open Soon
- Army Command to Realign
- Reduce Your Rx Costs with a TRICARE Supplement
- New App Helps Soldiers Access Personnel Records
- Don't Waste Your $0 Down VA Loan Benefit
- Air Force Fixes Active-Duty Maintainer Shortage, SecAF Says
- Marine Base Issues Drone Order
- Air Force Misconduct Probe Database Now Tracks Junior Officers
- Understand Tricare's Dental Options
- Wreck of WWII Aircraft Carrier Hornet Discovered
- Are You the VA's Next Deputy Policy Officer?
- Military Mulls Medical Personnel Cuts Even as Suicide Rates Rise
- Combat Aviation Brigade Gets New Electronic Flight Bags
- Marines Announce Aviation Award Recipients
- Air Force Promotes Health Behaviors Survey
- Marines Debut New Recruiting Tool
- New Public Safety Network Coming to Navy Bases
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