Any one know if this is true?
1 posted on
09/14/2003 11:55:14 PM PDT by
BellStar
To: ArcLight
Ping!
2 posted on
09/15/2003 12:00:07 AM PDT by
BellStar
To: BellStar
This post makes me want to laugh.
My daughter was born in a civilian hospital, and the medical benefits that I had at the time were pretty good. I spent exacty nothing out of pocket for the greatest gift that I have ever received in this world,
My son was born in a military hospital, and I spent next to nothing for the cost of that birth. The one bill that I did have to pay was for rations for his mom. My wife's food bill was for something on the order of $10 dollars, and that was for two days worth of meals.
For some reason, that always struck me as funny. Two kids, ten dollars, and since then they have cost me a fortune.
7 posted on
09/15/2003 12:23:40 AM PDT by
Radix
To: PetroniDE
8 posted on
09/15/2003 12:25:03 AM PDT by
BellStar
To: BellStar
I will forward this article to some others, not all of them FReepers.
9 posted on
09/15/2003 12:27:02 AM PDT by
Radix
To: ru4liberty
Please post to your lists!
14 posted on
09/15/2003 3:19:52 AM PDT by
BellStar
To: Action-America
Please Ping your lists.
17 posted on
09/15/2003 3:26:10 AM PDT by
BellStar
To: BellStar; Alamo-Girl; onyx; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; dixiechick2000; ...
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.
21 posted on
09/15/2003 6:33:21 AM PDT by
MeekOneGOP
(Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
To: BellStar
I thought they would just cancel the stipend for rations. While I was in the Army I was single so I lived in the barracks. Therefore, I did not receive that stipend, while the married soldiers living off base were given the stipend. When I was stationed in Belgium I did receive the stipend then would have to pay to eat in the mess hall. (A unique situation on this base only.) When a married soldier is in the field or in combat for an extended period of time their stipend is cancelled, they are getting their food provided to them.
25 posted on
09/15/2003 9:27:30 AM PDT by
CSM
("We have been assigned to the hall of Freep. No other work is allowed" - Equality 7-2521)
To: BellStar
It's true. Military personnel receive an allowance for rations which is computed at a daily rate. When they're hospitalized, they're required to reimburse the amount that's equal to the length of their admission in the hopsital.
The part that I don't understand is that while deployed to the field, their allowance for rations should've been suspended already because they were being fed those wonderful MREs.
To: *SemperFi
Marine ping.
27 posted on
09/15/2003 1:17:54 PM PDT by
anymouse
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