Advocates say the surprise increase in lawmakers with military backgrounds is a positve sign for the veteran community.
In addition to the enlisted pay raise, the bill pushes back against F-35 procurement as lawmakers bash Lockheed Martin over the troubled program.
She would replace Gina Ortiz Jones, who left the leadership post in March.
Gina Ortiz Jones has overseen the needs of nearly 700,000 military and civilian personnel across the Air Force and Space Force for the past two years.
