Military families worried about end of combat pay

[UpInArms]

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=10151

MACEDONIA -- Just before the War with Iraq started Congress increased the amount of combat pay to about $225 a month.

But that expires in September.

American troops are still overseas, but the Pentagon says they're running out of money to keep paying them the raise.

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[Don_G]

1. Cheapest War A SuperPower Ever Threw

The money has pretty much run out to the point that the guys on the front line are getting one meal a day and 3 liters of water in 140-degree heat....

From what I've heard, morale is low among the troops, information is restricted and Cheny's buddies are making out like a Porn Star in an all girl high-school....

Dimbo won't find a solution.

I think the legislation concerning Ken Lay's immunity to prosecution will be a major factor plus every dirty trick he's ever pulled will be a major factor in the polls---if the Dem's push it hard...!

[InkAddict]

2. Not to worry - the civilian force will be

happy to sacrifice what they should have coming to them (See the post on their measy 2% raise - hey, they already got their lackey atta-boys for products that somehow just don't work very well in the BFEEs New American Century. What goes around is sure gonna be coming around the mountain with those six pale horses of which they're so fond, when she comes!

Computerworld honors AFRL engineer, project
By Jill Bohn - Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFMCNS) – An Air Force Research Laboratory engineer and project became part of the Computerworld Honors Archive on Information Technology in San Francisco recently when the 2001 Collection was presented to the International Archives.

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The(sic)project, the information and resource support system, are now listed among organizations that are using information technology to improve society. The Computerworld Honors online archive and the Collections of the Academic Council searches for and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated vision and leadership as they strive to use information technology in innovative ways across ten categories: Business and related services; education and academia; environment, energy and agriculture; finance, insurance and real estate; government and non-profit organizations; manufacturing; media, arts and entertainment; medicine; science; and transportation.

{snip} information and resource support system is a global information system. It supports collaboration among the United States Department of Defense military and civilian workers who conduct strategic planning, allocate resources to military projects and activities, and support the development of new weapon systems.

"IRSS is a comprehensive way of storing data so it’s useful and quickly accessible," said . "It’s a robust technology that allows you to express your work in terms that other people can understand and in formats that enable others to find and reuse your data."

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Created in 1988, the Computerworld Honors collections now encompass nearly 4,000 case studies submitted by laureates on six continents. Case studies from the 2001 Computerworld Honors Collection are available online at http://www.cwheroes.org, the official internet site of the Computerworld Honors Program, where the entire collection is available to scholars, researchers and the general public worldwide.

[rustydog]

3. Bush*, that great war hero, declared combat operations over...

Therefore, our "heroes" aren't in the running for combat pay.
So they are being killed in a safer area than when the war was initiated by us.
when Rumsfeld sold this war "on the cheap" I didn't think they'd get that cheap.

Does Halliburton get any pay cut to rebuild?