This is not a bad thing.....this system was abused to death when I was in just a couple of years ago...Seniors would often drag their feet so they had to stay that extra day into the next month, people from everywhere would just come into country at the end of the month to get those two days of tax free/imminent fire pay.....Joe rarely got to benefit from this system, generally only those who had the authority to manifest themselves into country were able to benefit from this, with the notable exception of air crew. I would hazard a guess that there were a great many traveling expenses that were incurred just to get that person into country to get those months as tax free and imminent fire pay....but it wasn’t the rank and file Soldier
two MONTHS of tax free/imminent fire pay.....not two days
I agree with you.
This change keeps things generally honest in regards to collecting imminent danger pay. You only get paid for the days you were in country. There is nothing wrong with that and saves quite a bit, I’m sure.