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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 ...
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Dec 26, 2018 · That’s wrong. Service members have received pay increases every year, as mandated by federal law, for over three decades and the 2019 increase is set at 2.6 percent. Even if Trump meant that ...
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Dec 27, 2018 · What's more, American troops have received a pay hike every year for decades. 2019's raise is the largest in nine years. Military pay raises are tied to increases in private-sector wages, as ...
Nov 26, 2018 · PolitiFact, "Did Donald Trump sign the first military pay raise in 10 years? " May 10, 2018 PolitiFact, " Trump incorrectly says he has achieved historic increase in defense spending ," July 27, 2017
Jul 1, 2019 · The 2019 raise, 2.6%, was also the largest since 2010. But these raises were certainly not the first in close to 10 years. Military pay rose every year under Obama. For 2017, Obama approved a 2.1% ...
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 that President ...
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 2010, for ...
