Military Pay & Education
BAH by ZIP code, current military basic pay charts, drill pay for Guard and Reserve, and Post-9/11 GI Bill benefit tiers — every figure from the official DFAS and DoD tables, verified and dated.
BAH Calculator
Look up your 2026 Basic Allowance for Housing by duty ZIP code, pay grade, and dependent status. Resolves your ZIP to its Military Housing Area and reads the exact monthly rate from the official DoD files — 338 housing areas, every grade, with and without dependents, verified.
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Military Pay Chart 2026
The complete 2026 military basic pay chart, effective January 1, 2026: monthly rates for every enlisted, warrant officer, and officer grade across all years-of-service columns, transcribed from the official DFAS pay tables and verified — including the Executive Schedule caps at the top grades.
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National Guard & Reserve Drill Pay Calculator
See what National Guard and Reserve service actually pays in 2026: one drill period equals 1/30 of monthly basic pay for your grade and years of service, and a standard drill weekend is four periods. Rates read directly from the verified DFAS tables — check a weekend, a month, or a full drill year.
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Military Retirement Pay Calculator
Estimate military retired pay under any of the four plans: High-36 and Final Pay at 2.5% per year, the Blended Retirement System at 2.0%, and REDUX with its reduction before age 62 and recomputation after. High-36 pay is estimated from the verified 2026 DFAS table or entered directly.
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Post-9/11 GI Bill Rates & Tiers
Your Post-9/11 GI Bill benefit level, explained: the service-time tiers from 50% to 100%, the current academic year's book stipend and private-school tuition cap, and how the monthly housing allowance is derived from BAH — all from the verified VA rate tables, with VA's comparison tool as the source of record.
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