The Pentagon doubled its hostile fire pay rate from $225 per month to $450 per month and boosted its monthly cap for imminent danger pay from $225 per month to $275.

A volunteer-run tax center that has prepared hundreds of returns each year for the military community at Yokota Air Base will not reopen for the coming filing season.

The Marine Corps will double its hostile fire pay from $225 to $450 per month and increase its imminent danger pay from a cap of $225 per month to $275 per month on Oct. 1.

The largest bonuses would go to recruits entering cyber and cryptological operations jobs or electronics maintenance roles.

The bonuses are paired with three-year enlistment contracts to secure reenlistments and recruit airmen looking to transfer from active duty or the Air Force Reserve.

The pilot program runs through Nov. 30 and is available to all incoming enlisted guardians regardless of their chosen military occupational specialty.

“We owe it to those affected to address it immediately,” Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David R. Wolfe said in a statement. “This is going to be hard for everyone impacted.”

The bonuses are part of a wider effort in the military to keep experienced pilots in the ranks rather than lose them to the private sector.

The rate of military families suffering from food insecurity has surged in the last two years, according to the latest annual survey of spouses, active-duty service members and veterans. 

The proposal would raise the current monthly caps on imminent danger or hostile fire pay troops can receive from $225 to $450. Any increase would have to be approved by Congress.