House Panel Agrees to 3.9% Raise in 2009

Week of May 12, 2008

A House panel backed the 3.9 percent pay raise for all military personnel next year, mirroring Senate plans to give troops a bigger boost than Pentagon officials had requested. Members of the House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee included the money in their draft of the new defense authorization bill, which sets spending and policy priorities for the military in fiscal 2009. Read the full article at Military.com.