Here's why troops are poised for their biggest pay raise in nine years

Military Times: Congress is ready to give troops their biggest pay raise in nine years next January, a move that will mean almost $700 more annually for even the most junior service members.

On Tuesday, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel advanced their section of the annual defense authorization bill, which includes a 2.6 percent pay raise and a host of other military specialty pay renewals for 2019.

The move comes less than two weeks after House lawmakers approved the same pay raise in their draft of the massive budget policy measure.

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