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The White House is calling it the warrior dividend.
1.28 million active duty troops and 174,000 members of the reserves are in the process of receiving a one-time payment of $1,776.
President Trump says that the money is in honor of the country's 250th anniversary next year.
The funds are actually from $2.9 billion set aside by Congress to supplement the money given troops to pay their rent or mortgage, according to a Defense Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The Defense Department says the $1,776 will arrive over the next few days.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.
It's unbelievable how many jelly donuts we sell during the holidays.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday that the weaker language will be taken out of the Coast Guard's workplace harassment manual.
A draft copy of the Coast Guard's new manual was first uncovered by the Washington Post in November.
Jewish groups were outraged that swastikas and other hate symbols were listed as merely divisive.
In response, the Coast Guard issued memos condemning hate symbols.
The Coast Guard maintains those memos are still in force, but the weaker language still appeared in the final version of the manual released this week.
After the change, two senators say they will no longer hold up the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lundy to become Commandant of the Coast Guard.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.
As first reported by the Washington Post, the Coast Guard released a new harassment manual which labeled things such as displaying the Confederate flag as merely divisive.
The manual also eliminates a standalone process for investigating instances of hate.
The Coast Guard pushed back at the idea that the policy had been weakened, but late Thursday issued a new policy saying that nooses and swastikas and other symbols of hate must be removed from all Coast Guard facilities.
The Department of Defense has been going through a similar process of reviewing hazing, bullying and harassment definitions across the military, but has not released a policy.