Saturday, July 13, 2013

Pentagon is considering cutting Danger Pay for 56,000 U.S. Troops

The Pentagon is eyeing plans to eliminate danger pay for service members in as many as 18 countries and five waterways around the world, saving about $120 million each year while taking a bite out of troops' salaries, The Associated Press has learned. 
Senior defense and military leaders are expected to meet later this week to review the matter and are poised to approve a new plan. Pentagon press secretary George Little declined to discuss details but said no final decisions have been made.
Senior military leaders came up with the proposed list of locations in their regions that no longer were perilous enough to warrant danger pay, including several countries in the heart of the tumultuous Middle East, such as Jordan, where hundreds of troops have recently deployed because of the bloody Syrian civil war on its border. 
Defense officials said the proposal would strip the stipend — which can be up to $225 per month — from as many as 56,000 service members, including thousands stationed in Kuwait, which was a key hub during the Iraq war. It also would affect thousands of sailors who routinely travel through the Persian Gulf region on ships or airmen who fly over the Gulf.
Read the rest of the story HERE.

I have to admit that I get extremely upset when I read that our military are getting short changed for any reason. Most of these soldiers don't make that much to begin with so even a small cut has an effect on their everyday lives.

If there is any group that is entitled to a small stipend, It's our brave men and woman in Harm's Way.

Maybe the President and his family should vacation in some of these places to make sure they're still not dangerous?

BOTTOM LINE...This is BULLSHIT and the Pentagon needs to cut somewhere else:

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