House panel vows massive boost to enlisted military pay amid recruiting crisis

Enlisted troops could see an unprecedented bump to their base pay in the coming years under a plan Congress unveiled Thursday that could help recruiting and retention.

The plan is the result of more than a year of study and back-and-forth with military leaders and advocates to get to the root of pervasive quality of life issues beleaguering the military by a bipartisan panel of the House Armed Services Committee. Among six recommendations addressing compensation alone included in the panel’s final report, the committee promised to write a 15% pay raise for junior enlisted troops into law next year, adding “real value” to wages.

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