This post is about why there is not a military retirement pay chart, and what you can do about it. I get a LOT of email from people asking me to link to the military retirement pay chart.

Military service members in the junior enlisted ranks received a 14.5% raise in 2025. Most other service members got a 4.5% pay bump. Some senior officers received smaller percentages.

SAN ANTONIO — Local military commanders urged a federal commission on Monday not to recommend cuts that could weaken America's defense. While military retirement pay looms as a short-term issue ...

The chart makes it clear: military pay — including retirement and health benefits — is no longer small beer. While self-described mega-rich man Warren Buffett said Monday on the op-ed page of ...

The tax exemption would help the approximately 141,000 military retirees who call California home and is intended to keep them from leaving the state. It will apply for tax years 2025 and is slated to ...

Two states recently exempted a portion of military retirement pay and survivor benefits from state income tax, with ...

Since 2004, however, their military retirement pay has been reduced to $2,000 per month (taxable), and they receive the $500 disability payment from the VA.

I’m a 44-year-old military officer planning to retire in four years after 30 years of service. My retirement pay should be about $76,000 a year, with an additional $16,000 a year in disability ...

If you choose to send a DD Form 2866 or a written request, mail it to: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, U.S. Military Retirement Pay, 8899 E 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249-1200.

More than 1.6 million service members are eligible to make a choice between the military's legacy retirement system and the new Blended Retirement System, which goes into effect Jan. 1 ...

Defense Unveils Options to Overhaul Military Retirement System Possible proposals include providing lump-sum payments to personnel that would likely reduce overall compensation. Eric Katz ...