Pay and Benefits

Military retirees and veterans on disability will receive the same 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026 that federal officials announced Friday for Social Security recipients.

The continuing government shutdown is uniquely hard on the Soldiers and Airmen of the National Guard. We have thousands of full-time Guardsmen nationwide who wear their uniform and rank every workday but, unlike their active-duty brothers and sisters, they have yet to be paid in October.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that active-duty service members would get paid today, despite the government shutdown that is now in its third week.

The children of active-duty and retired service members could remain with their parents’ TRICARE medical coverage until age 26 with no added premium under a bill introduced in the House and Senate.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmaker reintroduced legislation that would allow more than 50,000 combat-disabled veterans to simultaneously receive full retirement and disability pay.

Legislation introduced in the House and Senate would expand eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to National Guardsmen and Reservists serving on certain duty statuses.

Key changes to TRICARE between 2021 and 2024 could make it more difficult for service members and their families to access pharmacies and medications they need, according to a report from a congressional watchdog.

Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program compatible with the one available to the Army Guard under legislation reintroduced Feb. 6.

Title 10 and Title 32 National Guard Active Guard and Reserve personnel can open health-care flexible spending accounts for the first time during a special enrollment period next month, according to defense officials.