{"id":69173,"date":"2016-11-30T09:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T14:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69173"},"modified":"2016-11-30T09:38:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T14:38:51","slug":"congress-bucks-obama-for-higher-pay-and-more-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69173","title":{"rendered":"Congress bucks Obama for higher pay and more troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Military Times<\/a> reports that over President Obama’s objections, Congress has authorized a bigger pay raise and increased the numbers of troops for the services;<\/p>\n

Military personnel would see a 2.1 percent pay raise starting in January and a significant manpower boost within the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps as part of Congress’ annual defense spending bill unveiled Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The compromise measure also includes a massive overhaul of the military health care system, but it eliminates a controversial proposal to change troops’ housing allowance, leaving the military’s current stipend program largely unchanged. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Lawmakers also used the additional funds to reject Obama’s plans to draw down Army and Marine Corps end strength, again to cut long-term personnel costs.<\/p>\n

Under the final authorization draft, Army end strength would be set at 476,000 soldiers, about 16,000 more than the White House had requested for fiscal 2017.<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps would be at 185,000 troops, an increase of about 3,000 over requested levels. The Air Force would go to 321,000 airmen, around 4,000 more than Obama wanted.<\/p>\n

The Navy would remain at 324,000 sailors. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Troops’ pay has suffered under this administration and the larger pay increase helps to make up for that. The bean counters in the Pentagon can’t be happy since the target of their cuts have been towards personnel costs, but without personnel, what kind of military exists?<\/p>\n

Of course, the President has threatened to veto the bill, like he does every year. But there’s always January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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