Military got it's regular annual pay increase in a recession. Next year this regular increase will go up by .5%! (now a 3.4% pay increase well above inflation)
Expansion of GI Bill to spouses; and some other relaxation of other rules, but I can't recall
Easier absentee ballot voting (nearly 25% of military absentee votes last election were discounted because they were not notarized)

A crotchety old Prussian like me might see that as a thinly veiled attempt at vote buying.

might as well ride a good looking horse then a $100 CL fug..        Stolen from Praised2