Posted on 02/11/2012 7:49:19 PM PST by Nachum
While I understand that only a fraction of the population of this nation is directly affected by what you are about to read, I would never-the-less like to remind you that the remainder of the population is affected coincidentally. While the majority of the American population probably never even considered the Armed Forces as a possible career objective, there are those who never considered life without serving their country, in uniform, on a field of combat. Most of these young men and women never take the time to internalize some idealized vision of charging death for God and Country,
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That must mean Hillary is due some back pay for her service as First Lady then.
He doesn’t get to make that call.
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Idiot. Nuf said.
And then they go and cut this? They couldn't find anything better to cut?
I can see the time cards now. Next it will be the amount of firing against the soldier, what type of firing, and if it was friendly fire or not. What a farce.
So, if a FOB is mortared, does everyone on the FOB get combat pay? Is it only for that month? Or is pro-rated to number of days of enemy contact? Since enemy contact typically doesn’t last more than a few seconds (IEDs, rockets, mortars), can they pro-rate it to those seconds? That would save some money right there.
Now, let’s talk about increasing welfare payments...
Doesn’t matter. All our guys have to do is to take turns saying “ I see something move” at the perimeter. Instant firefight.
W.T.F.
Doesn’t matter. All our guys have to do is to take turns saying “ I see something move” at the perimeter. Instant firefight.
W.T.F.
A new Christmas Bonus system?
What the hell, A Marine, Airman or Sailor might object to this classless and useless SON OF A BITCH! (Soldiers, I invite you to join in as well)
My nephew leaves Afghanistan and will be back stateside in 30 days.
Obama truly is the A$$hole president.
This act of denying service men combat pay unless they’re shot at is dispicable. Our military put their lives on the line by being there. They receive little enough pay for what they do. Denying them this small amount of money for their families is the work of a demented person without honor.
Are you sure they were shooting at you?
Can you prove it?
>>It’s good to be the king
Yeah.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another....The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
We dealt with a tyrant once. We can handle Il Douche.
I have one who will do the same in May.
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