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Updated: myPay Tax Documents Schedule

DFAS customers with myPay access will be able to obtain their tax statements online on the day they are posted using the secure and convenient pay management system. Additionally, military ... read more

Air Reservists Have myPay Deadline

Reserve Citizen Airmen eligible to opt in to the Blended Retirement System have until Dec. 31 to make the election in myPay ... visit the Military Compensation website. For more Air Force news ... read more

What troops and families need to know about filing taxes in 2024

All Defense Department tax statements, including W-2 statements, are available through the military’s myPay site, https://mypay.dfas.mil/. There are longstanding tax filing extensions available ... read more

Mil Money

Here's how an agreement between the Pentagon and State Department will help federally employed military spouses move their jobs overseas in a PCS. The U.S. military will rapidly expand its ... read more

Former US Army staffer pleads guilty to defrauding Gold Star families

April 16 (Reuters) - A former U.S. Army financial counselor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding grieving military families out of life insurance payments, in a scheme whose alleged victims ... read more

Army secretary: Low pay doesn’t scare off recruits, but makes it tough to keep them

A combination of unsatisfying salary and poor housing threatens to drive U.S. troops out of the Army amid major recruiting shortfalls, according to a senior Pentagon official. “In the data that ... read more

Congressional panel recommends 15% pay increase for enlisted troops

The report focused on military family experiences with barracks, wages, food insecurity, health care, childcare and spouse employment. By Patty Nieberg | Published Apr 11, 2024 6:16 PM EDT A ... read more

Higher enlisted pay, full housing stipends included in new House plan

A newly released House plan calls for targeted pay raises for junior enlisted troops and sweeping reforms to a host of other military quality of life issues. (SimpleImages via Getty Images ... read more

I’m in the military and I’ve been relocated. Where do I file my state taxes — and where does my spouse file her taxes?

Military duty is tough enough, so thank you for your service. Let me try to ease some of the tax headaches for you, as well as for the more than 400,000 service members who get reassigned to new ... read more

‘I am a product of my decisions’: JMC’s aide-de-camp preaches physical fitness

Along the way in his Army career, Campbell has acquired a few tips to assist individuals who are focused on fitness. “I am not a product of circumstances. I am a product of my decisions ... read more

From Army kid to a career in conservation

Life as an Army kid — and likely most military kids — isn’t always the easiest. I’ve been told that when our parents serve, we serve. In my childhood, I would find myself in a new school ... read more

Iraq's PMF force says base was attacked, army investigates

BAGHDAD, April 20 (Reuters) - A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was ... read more