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24/7 Wall St. Insights We used data from the 2024 basic pay tables from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for the Department of Defense. Commissioned ranks are generally the highest paid in...
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Providing ground troops, the U.S. Army is the largest of the U.S. military service branches. The Army’s over 460,000 active-duty soldiers (as of 2022) comprise 35.4% of the military’s total...
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Even as the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force fell short of their recruitment goals in 2023, the Marine Corps exceeded it, albeit just slightly. The military services collectively missed recruiting...
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Up until the establishment of the U.S. Space Force in 2019, the U.S. Air Force has been the youngest branch in the U.S. armed forces, established just in 1947. The branch’s history, however, begins...
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The United States utilizes military bases and installations around the world to project power and run operations where it sees fit. On the domestic front, these bases serve a slightly different role....
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Military members across all branches received a 5.2% basic pay raise in 2024. This is the highest increase of the past two decades. The increase follows a 4.6% raise in 2023. Other allowances also...
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