unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (DoD? Gannett?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article:
Stop loss allowance deadline extended -- againBy Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Dec 9, 2010 5:20:25 EST
Concerned that fewer than half of the people eligible for a $500 per month stop loss allowance have applied for the money, the House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to extend the application deadline for the payment to Sept. 30, 2011.