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San Diego military families face food insecurity amid high cost of living and inflation causing a crisis for thousands of families throughout the county.

Fights over diversity training, COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ troops dominated the House Armed Services Committee's yearly markup of its annual defense policy bill as lawmakers debated on into the night Wednesday.

Service members would see a 5.2% pay boost and junior enlisted troops could get economy-driven bonuses in the annual defense authorization legislation approved Thursday by the House Armed Services Committee.

The Army's top enlisted leader shot back at criticisms of a post from the 82nd Airborne celebrating LGBTQ+ members in a two-day Twitter battle, tweets show.

Expect more conversation from House lawmakers in coming months about ways to bump up enlisted personnel paychecks.

Expect more conversation from House lawmakers in coming months about ways to bump up enlisted personnel paychecks.

Expect more conversation from House lawmakers in coming months about ways to bump up enlisted personnel paychecks.

Expect more conversation from House lawmakers in coming months about ways to bump up enlisted personnel paychecks.

Expect more conversation from House lawmakers in coming months about ways to bump up enlisted personnel paychecks.

Troops would get a 5.2% boost in basic pay under a plan unveiled Monday.