Pay and Benefits

Open enrollment season for TRICARE medical coverage and other federal employment benefits begins Nov. 11 and runs through early December.

Military retirees and veterans on disability will receive the same 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment in 2025 that federal officials announced last week for Social Security recipients.

Active Guard and Reserve personnel on Title 32 orders will soon be eligible for the first time to participate in flexible spending accounts to help pay for dependent care and health care, defense officials told NGAUS.

Three senators are impatient with the Pentagon for being 20 months late in providing Congress with a required implementation plan to give National Guardsmen and Reservists the same special and incentive pay as their active-duty counterparts.

Memorial Day arrives on Monday, and scores of restaurants, retailers and recreational sites nationwide will honor current service members and veterans with discounts and special deals.

The Army National Guard's Weekend Drill Child Care Program is now available in 20 states nationwide, the National Guard Bureau announced Monday.

National Guardsmen and Reservists would have their own transition assistance program "counseling pathway" when returning home from active duty under bipartisan legislation introduced May 10.

A new handbook exists to help National Guardsmen and Reservists choose their TRICARE health care coverage, according to the Defense Health Agency.

More than 100,000 drilling National Guardsmen and Reservists who are full-time federal employees would be eligible to purchase TRICARE Reserve Select health care under legislation introduced in both the House and Senate last week.

The NGAUS president shared with Congress the paradox facing the National Guard when it comes to readiness.

National Guardsmen and Reservists would earn credit toward Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for nearly every day they spend in uniform under legislation...

NGAUS has appealed to Congress to investigate why the Pentagon's implementation plans for National Guard and Reserve special- and incentive-pay parity...