Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Eisenhower
Published January 17, 2024
Pentagon leaders are recommending regular quality-of-life reviews for military families’ finances and expanding non-cash benefits like child care assistance as part of a periodic review of military compensation, but are also defending current troops’ salaries as “strongly competitive with the civilian labor market.”
The report — the 14th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation — is the result of nearly two years of research by Defense Department officials into how military pay compares to civilian wages and benefits.