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(C&P) GIs on Extended Iraq Tours Offered Bonus
HAIRY
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GIs on Extended Iraq Tours Offered Bonus
Army officials have settled on a compensation plan that would give soldiers whose tours in Iraq have been involuntarily extended a tax-free bonus of up to $1,000 each month. Although some soldiers may have been deployed for longer than 12 months, only those soldiers who were listed in the Army's January announcement of the involuntary extensions are eligible for the new compensation package. The first part of the package is an additional $200 each month in hardship duty pay, which every soldier will receive on top of the $100 in hardship pay he or she has already been earning while in Iraq. There is a $300 ceiling, by law. The second part involves a choice: Take another $800 in Assignment Incentive Pay each month, or take a "stabilized tour" when they return home, "the length of which will be [equal to] the total amount [a soldier] was deployed," according to Lt. Col. Gerald Barrett, the Army's chief of compensation. For more information, see this article. To find the latest news and special features concerning the Army, visit our Army Community Center.
(Note by Hairy: Morale problem??????)
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Army officials have settled on a compensation plan that would give soldiers whose tours in Iraq have been involuntarily extended a tax-free bonus of up to $1,000 each month. Although some soldiers may have been deployed for longer than 12 months, only those soldiers who were listed in the Army's January announcement of the involuntary extensions are eligible for the new compensation package. The first part of the package is an additional $200 each month in hardship duty pay, which every soldier will receive on top of the $100 in hardship pay he or she has already been earning while in Iraq. There is a $300 ceiling, by law. The second part involves a choice: Take another $800 in Assignment Incentive Pay each month, or take a "stabilized tour" when they return home, "the length of which will be [equal to] the total amount [a soldier] was deployed," according to Lt. Col. Gerald Barrett, the Army's chief of compensation. For more information, see this article. To find the latest news and special features concerning the Army, visit our Army Community Center.
(Note by Hairy: Morale problem??????)
There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
Hypocrisy is the homage paid by vice to virtue.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.