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Jon Bernard is a retired Marine 1st Sargent. Does anyone know if he is correct about this, that Obama is going to deny combat pay unless one is fired upon?
1 posted on 02/18/2012 11:22:10 PM PST by DBCJR
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2 posted on 02/18/2012 11:27:55 PM PST by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power)
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Found out yesterday that I'm heading back over there; leaving in 7 weeks.

Anyway, combat pay does need to be fixed, but not to the extent that Obama wants.

Example: There are military guys and gals getting combat pay for hanging out in an office in Kuwait.

3 posted on 02/18/2012 11:34:39 PM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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No, this is an urban legend that has been floating around various e-mails. Combat pay has become pro-rated. So, for example, if you spend two days in a combat zone, you only get paid for two days. Not for the entire month like the old system


4 posted on 02/18/2012 11:36:51 PM PST by turn_to
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So this means John Kerry has to pay back the American people for shooting himself in the ars, so says the chickensh## commie community organizing misfit


8 posted on 02/19/2012 4:53:58 AM PST by ronnie raygun (V)
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I guess the truck bomb that blew up the base and killed quite a few of our good men doesn’t count!


9 posted on 02/19/2012 5:25:56 AM PST by tired&retired
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Does it matter what day you get shot? Maybe we can tell the terrorists to only shoot or set off bombs on certain days. That would really help out the bean counters. And how about welfare? You can only get food stamps on days when there’s no food in the house? “You only had two days of no food in the house, so you only get 1/15th of the normal food stamp allowance. “ Double standard, again.


11 posted on 02/19/2012 8:38:07 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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“You were only sick on the 12th. You had surgery then, so Medicaid can’t cover any expenses after the twelfth.”


12 posted on 02/19/2012 8:47:02 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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