The Defense Department, thanks to the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill, has the authority to increase family separation allowance sharply. But it hasn't happened, yet. In its current form, family ...

Last year, inside the massive, annual defense policy bill was a measure aimed at making long exercises and deployments easier on families -- a hike in the "Family Separation Allowance" -- but, for ...

A family waves to their loved one during a homecoming at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 29, 2026. (Airman 1st Class Alexa Hunt/U.S. Air Force) The Family Separation Allowance sat at $250 per month for ...

Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 2nd Class Garrett Malone embraces his family following the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy's return to Naval Station Norfolk after an ...