Posted on 09/06/2022 7:11:14 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Enlisted airmen who work in some of the Air Force's most difficult jobs will receive from $900 to $5,400 less annually beginning next month as the service faces financial challenges that affect the ranks.
Hundreds of service members will see cuts to their Special Duty Assignment Pay, known as SDAP, in fiscal 2023 -- which starts Oct. 1. Those monthly payments, ranging from $75 to $450, were an extra incentive "to compensate enlisted service members who serve in duties which are extremely difficult," according to budget documents.
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To avoid the cuts, lawmakers would have to reinstate the Special Duty Assignment Pay difference in the 2023 budget proposal before it's approved by Congress...
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Air Force Recruiters are set to lose their $75 in special duty pay each month for fiscal 2023, which would add up to nearly $900 a year in lost wages.
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(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
Won’t this have a disparate impact on men?
Parachute instructors and Pararescue, really. How many of the ones that made that list put their lives on the line? My guess is none. This is sick.
Yes, it’s damned sick and disgusting and infuriating.
I’m a VN combat vet and it sickens me to no end. It sickens us all.
Add this moral buster to that list we been working on
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