Basic Pay According to the Department of Defense announcement on December 22, 2014 in Washington D.C., most service members will receive a one percent pay raise in basic pay. For example, an E-4 that has 3 years of service will see an increase in basic pay of $22.20 per month. An O-3 with 6 years of service will receive a basic pay increase of $54.30 per month in 2015. General … [Read more...]
Give An Hour Provides Free Mental Health Assistance to Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire - Give an Hour, a national nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to members of the military, veterans, their loved ones and their communities, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with film production company Herald Square Entertainment, LLC, to highlight public awareness of acute battlefield … [Read more...]
CNO Says: ‘No Plan’ to Change Retirement
March 19, 2014, WASHINGTON (NNS) - In a one-on-one interview last week and during March 18 all hands call in Mayport, Fla. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert asserted that changes to the military retirement system are far from taking effect and that there is no plan in place to change it. Greenert made it clear at the all hands call and in a recent … [Read more...]
Same-Sex Spouses Eligible for FMLA Benefits
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, November 06, 2013 (AFNS) - Federal employees with same-sex spouses are now provided the same Family and Medical Leave Act coverage as those with opposite-sex spouses, according to an Oct. 21 Office of Personnel Management memorandum. Following a June 26 Supreme Court decision finding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act … [Read more...]
HUD and VA Announce More Funds to Help Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the second round of HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing funding to local public housing agencies across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The $7.8 million in added funding will provide housing and clinical services for 1,120 currently … [Read more...]