President Donald J. Trump announced last night that nearly 1.5 million service members would receive a $1,776 bonus to both thank them for their military service and to commemorate the 250 years the U.S. military has been defending the nation.
The one-time pay bump is billed as the "Warrior Dividend."
"Tonight, I am ... proud to announce that ... 1,450,000 military service members will receive a special, we call, 'Warrior Dividend' before Christmas," Trump said during a White House speech to the nation. "In honor of our nation's founding in 1776, we are sending every [service member] $1,776."
And service members will not wait long to see that dividend, the president said.
"The checks are already on the way," he said. "Nobody deserves it more than our military, and I say, 'congratulations' to everybody."
The president also told the nation that, now more than ever, Americans are interested in joining the military.
"We now have record enlistment [numbers] in our military," he said. "Last year, we had among the worst recruitment numbers in our military's history — a lot of difference a year makes."
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the dividend represents the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States and the history of the service military members have given in defense of the nation, even before its creation.
The one-time pay bump is billed as the "Warrior Dividend."
"Tonight, I am ... proud to announce that ... 1,450,000 military service members will receive a special, we call, 'Warrior Dividend' before Christmas," Trump said during a White House speech to the nation. "In honor of our nation's founding in 1776, we are sending every [service member] $1,776."
And service members will not wait long to see that dividend, the president said.
"The checks are already on the way," he said. "Nobody deserves it more than our military, and I say, 'congratulations' to everybody."
The president also told the nation that, now more than ever, Americans are interested in joining the military.
"We now have record enlistment [numbers] in our military," he said. "Last year, we had among the worst recruitment numbers in our military's history — a lot of difference a year makes."
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the dividend represents the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States and the history of the service military members have given in defense of the nation, even before its creation.
Anyone who lives in a trash can is probaby a fiscal conservative, as am I.
