[Grut]

If any more proof was needed to convince people that our government is becoming too large and unwieldy...

In that case, it's been too large for a long time; buggered pay is just one of the many reasons for that fine old military saying, "if you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have volunteered."

[meenie]

When I was in, we had payday and the exec officer counted out the cash. I didn't have any problem. I have a question that does not seem to fit the story. How in the name of common sense can a soldier in the middle of Iraq cash his paycheck? Do they have ATM's in their humvees? Something does not mesh here.