A key Senate panel on Tuesday approved a 3% pay boost for troops starting next January, with bipartisan support for the idea. The mark matches the expected pay boost prescribed under federal statute and, if approved, would represent the first time in a decade that troops have seen consecutive years with salary boosts of at least 3%. This past January, military pay increased by 3.1%. Senators included the 3% pay raise in the personnel section of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s annual defense authorization bill draft.
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