FACT CHECK: During a speech to US troops at the Osan Air Base in South Korea on Sunday, President Trump said that he had given them their first pay increase in almost a decade. His claim isn't true.
"And, you know, one thing I didn't mention: You also got very nice pay raises for the last couple of years. Congratulations. Oh, you care about that. They care about that. I didn't think you noticed. Yeah, you were entitled. You know, it was close to 10 years before you had an increase. Ten years," he said.His claim isn't true.
4% increase for 2010.Pentagon facing possibility of third acting defense secretary in less than a monthAccording to official military data, military pay has increased every calendar year since 1983. In that year, the government switched from introducing the raises at the beginning of a new fiscal year, on October 1, to the beginning of the new calendar year, on January 1.In other words, members of the military did get a raise that covered 1983. It just started on October 1, 1982.
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