Over decades Congress has considered numerous studies on reforming different aspects of military compensation, from retirement and basic pay tables to healthcare benefits (TRICARE) and on-base discount stores. That pattern of incremental change was shattered the past two years as Congress, frustrated by budget caps in wartime and spurred by findings of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, approved major alterations to retirement, healthcare and commissaries. Michael Higgins, an influential member of the commission, this month gave a frank assessment of recent congressional actions to a group of current and retired military compensation experts. For more details, see this Military Advantage post.
Behind the Hill's Swift Reforms of Military Compensation
Current issue of the Military Report
- Navy Changes Career Sea Pay Guidelines
- AF Expands Parental Leave Policy
- 23% of Enlisted Retirees Expected to Cash Out
- Indiana Offers Veterans $5k and Job Opportunities
- Get $200k SGLI/VGLI Supplements: as Little as $14 a Month
- Military Base Water Contamination Issues
- Navy Expands Reenlistment Bonus Eligibility
- Your TRICARE Supplement = Big Savings on Co Pays & Rx Costs
- All VA Nursing Homes Ranked
- Up to $453k Financing & $0 Down with Your VA Loan Benefit
- Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program
- Air Combat Command to Assume Cyber Responsibility
- VA Opens New Crisis Line Call Center
- AAFES 'Bulk Up with Gronk' Sweepstakes
- Navy App Locker Offers More Than 90 Apps
- Library Offers Digitized WWI Newspapers
- Magnetic Stimulation Used to Treat PTSD
- Soldiers Retrace WWII Campaign
- AAFES Offers PCS Resources
- PyschArmor Teams with VA to Help Prevent Suicide
- The Legion Offers Flag Lowering Alerts
- VA Issues Statement on the "VA Mission Act"
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