President Donald Trump recently signed a massive defense bill that authorizes everything from troop pay raises to military end strength in fiscal 2018. The Fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizes about $700 billion for the Defense Department, including $634 billion for the base budget and $66 billion for the war budget. The figures are targets, and Congress still faces a year-end deadline to pass an accompanying spending bill to keep the government running. For more details, see this Military.com article.
What the New Defense Bill Means for You
