[Former Fetus]

I'm speechless!

[Darksheare]

What a deal, desert your post, join the jihad, get promoted AND get back pay.

[Blue Highway]

wait until he gets that promotion sometime this month.

[Diogenesis]

He has enough (pseudo)gravitas
to be a DNC judge or Senator, now.

[AU72]

Plus he’s due paid leave of up to a year.

[smoothsailing]

Blood money

[KarlInOhio]

If he is found guilty in a court martial for desertion then it should be taken away from him. However without the court martial (or whatever lesser disciplinary procedure that's available) how can his pay be withheld?

My only worry is that the military will decide that he deserves to be court martialed, but it will be prevented by the White House or the perfumed princes of generals in the Pentagon to avoid political embarrassment.

[Sequoyah101]

Yesterday one post here put it at $300,000.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Maybe he could have it forwarded to the Tol-ee-bon to help support the cause?

[Captain Peter Blood]

My prediction is that nothing will ever come of any charges. Obama could pardon him or just tell the DOD to drop any and all investigations.
This guy will skate on everything.

[Gaffer]

In 1968, my pay per month was about $97 per month....times have changed.

[onedoug]

Meanwhile, real veterans are still waiting for treatment from the VA.

[justlurking]

The housing allowance should go to the Haqqani's.

Oh, I forgot: they probably got several million already.

[Bulwyf]

What the !$?&!. How is this even remotely logical to anyone!?

Wow, the arrogance of those in charge known no bounds. This is just spitting in the face of real Americans everywhere.

[yuleeyahoo]

If he actually deserted in a combat zone, all he is due is a swift Court Martial followed by a firing squad.

[illiac]

Fine! Pay him his back pay and then let him pay for the expenses to “recover” him plus reparations to all the families who lost loved ones during the rescue....

[Uncle Chip]

Wow — he has hit on a new get rich quick scheme.

Join the army — defect — get the enemy to house and feed you for a few years — and then come back and collect back pay with bennies no doubt.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Deduct it from the money spent trying to find his deserter ass.

It should only take him a few hundred years busting rocks to pay off the remainder.

[JT Hatter]

WHY does he “deserve his pay” if he deserted?

Since when do we pay people who walk off their jobs?

He should be fined the cost of his rescue and jailed for the deaths he’s caused.

[ridesthemiles]

He better use every penny to hide well. There isn’t a military member anywhere in the world that does NOT understand the words DESERTER or DEFECTOR.

NOT ONE. NOT ANYWHERE.

[Gritty]

Does this include his Combat Pay for the entire time?

I'll bet it does.