Budget Proposal for FY-14 Released
April 10th, 2013
10 April 2013, President Obama released his “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014.” I have taken the liberty to extract the portion within the Defense budget overview that related to our members and families. For 2014, the information for families is limited as compared to past years.
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NAVADMIN 077-13
March 27th, 2013
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance update. Released March 26, 2013 via NAVADMIN 077/13.
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Private Sector W&S at 1.8%
October 31st, 2012
Today, the United States Employment Cost Index (ECI) was released; whereas this is a normal quarterly event, this quarter’s result is the one of most importance to the members of our military. It is the quarterly release that presidents have used to make a proposal for the military pay increases for over a decade in order to ensure our military member’s compensation keeps pace with that of the private sector. Specifically, the private industry worker’s wage and salary series of the ECI as mandated for use by United States Code, Title 37. This year’s increase is a reported 1.8% for the 12 month period ending September 2012.
The actual ECI percentage is 0.2 percent less than originally projected by the Congressional Budget Office for the (Read the rest of the article…)
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Navy SRB Guidance as of 08SEP2012
September 10th, 2012
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance update. Released September 08, 2012 via NAVADMIN 273/12.
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Eleventh Military Compensation Review Released
June 21st, 2012
Today, the Department of Defense released its Eleventh Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC). Whereas the previous QRMC, released in August of 2008, dealt with many of the same issues, its focus was on “deferred and noncash compensation—an evaluation that examined military retirement, health care, and quality of life programs.” The new focus is on methods of compensation for those serving in specific jobs (rating/MOS),billets, and our Wounded Warriors.
From the release statement (bold emphasis is mine);
The 11th QRMC began its study by analyzing the relative standing of military compensation with civilian wages as context for decisions about elements of the military compensation system. The QRMC found that regular military compensation (RMC) for enlisted personnel and officers compares favorably with civilian wages for those with comparable education and experience. Highlights of the QRMC recommendations for each of the study areas follow.
The pay gap is officially closed? According to Robert L. Gordon III, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community (Read the rest of the article…)
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Navy SRB Guidance as of 24APR2012
April 24th, 2012
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance update for FY-12. Released April 24, 2012 via NAVADMIN 143/12.
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Here Comes the Gap Again…
February 23rd, 2012
♫Here comes the gap again, falling on our heads like a memory, falling on our heads like a new emotion…♬
Okay, bad play on the Eurythmics original, but anyway…
When the budget proposal for FY-2013 was released, Department of Defense (DoD) officials laid out a five year plan for military pay. For 2013 and 2014, the current law that dictates the use of the Employment cost Index will be utilized. DoD’s plan for 2015 through 2017 is to ask congress for a special provision that would provide for raises less than currently expected for those years based on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates of the cost of employment for the private sector. The CBO’s estimates are a reported 3.3% for 2015 and 3.5% for each year after.
DoD’s plan is to ask for just 0.5%, 1.0% and (Read the rest of the article…)
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Budget Proposal for FY-13 Release
February 13th, 2012
December 17, 2012 Update: According to the DoD, the 2013 BAH amounts are released and will take effect January 1, 2013. That average increase is 3.8%; did yours go up or down? By how much?
13 Feb 2012, President Obama released his “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013.” I have taken the liberty to extract the portion within the Defense budget overview that related to our members and families. For 2013, the information for families is limited as compared to past (Read the rest of the article…)
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Fix the Retirement System
January 27th, 2012
In a couple of weeks, President Obama will be releasing his budget proposal for fiscal year 2013. The proposal is expected to announce a plan to cap the amount of raises to basic pay starting in 2015; also, as reported here on October 28, 2011, you can expect the 2013 pay raise to be based on the provision in Title 37 of the US Code – just as the recently realized 2012 pay raise.
Do we need to make adjustments to how those in the military are compensated? Maybe so, but let us do it with our eyes wide open, and let us not rewrite history in an attempt to justify any changes.
First, let’s go back to the why.
From 1982 to 2000, military pay raises were capped and did not track at all with the amount of increases in pay that our civilian counterparts enjoyed. During that period, the gap in military to civilian pay grew to as large as 13.5 percent.
Starting early in the new millennium, congress decided to close the gap by adding one-half of one percent to proposed pay increases. The practice of adding the half-percent continued until the 2011 raise which was strictly based on ECI alone. It was also during this time that studies were released which indicated (Read the rest of the article…)
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Navy SRB Guidance as of 06JAN2012
January 6th, 2012
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance update for FY-12. Released January 6, 2012 via NAVADMIN 013/12.
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