{"id":30256,"date":"2018-05-09T21:53:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T21:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/09\/trump-confused-about-military-pay-claims-troops-saw-no-raises-for-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:11:31","slug":"trump-confused-about-military-pay-claims-troops-saw-no-raises-for-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/pay-benefits\/2018\/05\/09\/trump-confused-about-military-pay-claims-troops-saw-no-raises-for-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seems confused about military pay, claims troops received no raises for a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/05\/09\/trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-military-spouse-employment\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a crowd of military spouses on Wednesday<\/a>, President Donald Trump incorrectly claimed that his administration gave service members their first pay raise in 10 years, a moment he was \u201cproud\u201d to oversee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, troops have seen a pay raise of at least 1 percent every year for more than 30 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2017\/11\/20\/2018-military-pay-raise-is-the-biggest-in-eight-years-but-how-generous-is-it\/\">The 2018 military pay raise<\/a> \u2014 which was 2.4 percent \u2014 was the largest for the armed forces in eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, at the signing of an executive order to increase military spouse hiring among federal agencies, Trump called the raise this January the \u201cfirst time in 10 years\u201d that troops had seen a paycheck boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/02\/20\/how-do-at-past-military-pay-increases-compare-to-whats-being-proposed-for-2019\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18040446324521.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How do past military pay increases compare to what\u2019s being proposed for 2019?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Trump earlier this month called for a 2.6 percent pay increase for fiscal 2019 as part of his budget request to Congress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, I\u2019m here to tell you that my administration is totally committed to every family that serves in the United States armed forces,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThat is why, earlier this year, I was proud to sign that big pay raise that I\u2019ve already spoken about. And I am proud of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I guess there will be others, too. Would you like one sooner, or do you want to wait another 10 years? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials did not respond to questions seeking clarification on the remarks. 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