Military & Veterans

Calculate total military compensation including base pay, BAH, and BAS by rank, years of service and duty station.

Calculate your combined VA disability rating from multiple conditions with VA whole-person math, and see the 2026 monthly compensation.

Estimate Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits including tuition coverage, housing allowance, and book stipend.

Look up 2026 Basic Allowance for Housing by pay grade and dependents at 12 major duty stations.

Look up the 2026 Basic Allowance for Subsistence: $476.95 a month for enlisted members, $328.48 for officers.

Compare military Blended Retirement System (BRS) vs legacy High-3 pension.

Calculate military combat zone tax exclusion and imminent danger pay.

What you take home from an enlistment or reenlistment bonus: 22% federal withholding, no FICA, your state's rules for military pay, the combat zone exclusion and a Navy or Air Force SRB by multiple.

Calculate National Guard and Reserve drill pay from the 2026 DFAS table: per drill period, MUTA-4 weekend, and annual pay with AT days.

Convert Guard/Reserve retirement points into monthly retired pay at 60: points ÷ 360 × 2.5% × High-3 pay base.

Calculate the FERS military service deposit — 3% of military basic pay plus 4.25% CY2026 interest — against the pension increase it buys.

Involuntary separation pay under 10 U.S.C. §1174: 10% × years × 12 × monthly basic pay, with tax withholding and the VA recoupment rule.

Project the guaranteed 10% return on deployment savings: quarterly compounding, $10,000 cap, and the 90-day post-return interest tail.

What selling unused leave really pays: basic pay ÷ 30 per day, no BAH/BAS, 22% federal withholding and no FICA, 60-day career cap.

Compare VGLI premiums at your age band (va.gov rates effective July 2025) with SGLI, and preview the next 5-year age-band jump.

FY2026 clothing allowance by branch from DFAS: Army $429.23 basic and $613.19 standard for men, Navy $432 and $615.60, Air Force, Space Force and Marines up to $847.32. Effective Oct 1, 2025.

Look up the official DTMO Overseas COLA index for any OCONUS duty station, on the base-100 CONUS scale, including the localities where COLA is not authorized.

Calculate legacy High-3 military retirement pay from years of service and your High-3 average basic pay.

Calculate TSP matching contributions under the Blended Retirement System.

Work out the 6.5% SBP premium against the 55% survivor annuity on your retired pay. Shows net retired pay, total premiums to the 360-month paid-up point, and the survivor break-even.

Compare CY2026 TRICARE enrollment fees and in-network copays by plan and beneficiary group.

Calculate retroactive VA compensation from the effective date to the award, applying each year’s own rate rather than one flat rate across the whole period.

Compare CRDP and CRSC for military retirees with a VA rating: the VA waiver, what each program pays back, the Chapter 61 cap, and which pays more before and after tax.

Work out BRS continuation pay for 2026: your service's multiplier (Navy and Air Force 2.5×, Marine Corps 5×, Coast Guard 9× or 6×), the DFAS pay cell it uses, taxes without FICA, installments and TSP.