The White House spending plans call for a 3.8% pay boost next year, a smaller raise than troops saw in January.

The 2025 raise of 4.5% was not quite as generous, but still means that military pay grew by nearly 10% over the last two years. Both of those pay boosts matched the federal formula based on the ...

Military compensation must keep pace with private-sector pay or the viability of the total force is put at risk. MOAA works ...