A House-Senate conference committee negotiating final details of the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill will decide this summer whether to impose a fourth straight cap on the annual military pay raise set for Jan. 1. The fate of that half-percentage point in basic pay swings on what weight conferees assign to compensation over other defense priorities. For more details, see this Military Advantage blog post. To check on your current pay charts, and for more details on proposed pay charts for 2017, visit the Military.com Pay Center.