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May 10, 2018 · Basic pay for the military did increase by 2.4 percent on Jan. 1, 2018 — the largest in eight years. But pay increases are determined by a statutory formula, and Trump in fact requested an...
- President of The United States
Jul 1, 2019 · Trump could accurately say that the 2018 pay increase he signed into law, 2.4%, was the largest in close to 10 years: It was the biggest raise for the troops since the 3.4% increase...
Dec 26, 2018 · The 2019 military pay increase of 2.6 percent is the largest in nine years, but it is not the "more than 10 percent" that Trump mentioned. The 2.6 percent increase military members will receive...
- President of The United States
Nov 26, 2018 · In August, Trump signed a $716 billion defense spending bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. That figure comprises $639 billion for the Pentagon’s...
Dec 27, 2018 · Troops will receive a 2.6 percent — not 10 percent — pay hike for 2019; they got a 2.4 percent pay hike in 2018. What's more, American troops have received a pay hike every year for...
May 9, 2018 · Depending how you count it, the most recent year without a military pay raise was either 35 or 57 years ago — not 10. And the most recent pay raise wasn’t even the biggest in the past...
May 28, 2018 · U.S. military members have gotten a pay raise every year for the past 10 years and several have been larger than this year’s 2.6 percent increase. Pay increases in 2008, 2009 and...
