Guardsmen serving in war zones await late pay

[struggle4progress]

The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Feb 18, 2007 12:58:47 EST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — More than one-fifth of 500 Connecticut National Guard soldiers of the 102nd Infantry serving in war zones are owed thousands of dollars in incentive pay that is months overdue.

The Assignment Incentive Pay of $1,000 a month is paid to Reserve or National Guard soldiers who volunteer to extend active duty beyond 24 months.

Lt. Col. John Whitford of the Connecticut National Guard confirmed that about 110 soldiers are owed amounts between $2,000 and $17,000. He attributed the delay to a “bureaucratic-administrative issue” at the federal level.

The 1st Battalion of the 102nd left Connecticut for Fort Bragg in January 2006 and for Afghanistan the following April ...

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/apconnguard070218/

[pfitz59]

1. I'm sure their creditors are.........

sympathetic! (Soldier and Sailor Relief Act notwithstanding!)

[tularetom]

2. Here's your chance Joe Loserman

Put your (our) money where your fuckin mouth is. Step up and get these poor bastards paid since you support this clusterfuck and they are your constituents.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

11. I wrote to him, Dodd,

and all our CT Congressmen yesterday about this. THen I wrote to Murtha, Patrick Murphy and Hillary - she won't read my email because I am not from her district.

"We heard a lot on the floor of the House about supporting the troops this week. Now its time to put words into action. The CT National Guard members are owed Assignment Incentive Pay that was promised to them . According to the New Haven Register (http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17865908... ) this amounts to $1,000 a month paid to Reserve or National Guard soldiers who volunteer to extend active duty beyond 24 months.

Please help them to get the pay that they were promised."


edited to add my letter

[Monkeyman]

3. Link went AWOL

[struggle4progress]

7. See if this works

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/apconnguard070218/

[MadMaddie]

4. There is absolutely no excuse for this...this administration

has ruined the lives of more Americans than any other president in US history. Sheer incompetence

[knight_of_the_star]

5. That's not good

The shortest route between a loyal unit in combat and mutiny is not paying them.

[ShortnFiery]

6. Is it any wonder few people are rushing into the recruiting offices to join?

However, if you're ambulatory (not dependent on a power chair), the military will sign you up to kill and die in Dear Leader's Oil Wars. :P

[Ouabache]

8. Support the Troops ?? How about just PAYING THEM you

fascist bastards, and enabling bastards like Loserman !!

[0rganism]

9. well it's certainly not the magnitude of the expense that's holding back the checks

Hell, it's what, maybe $3 million at most spread among 110 people? That's chicken feed. That's nothing. That's a tiny fraction of the cash the bushies "misplaced" in Baghdad just for fun.

Nope, the only reason these guys aren't getting paid is the people who write the checks just... don't... care.

Support the troops? Fuck, they won't even pay the troops.

[Straight Shooter]

10. That page has gone AWOL.

That's what the banner said when I clicked on the link. It's almost 10:30 p.m. here, Pacific Time.

:wtf:

[struggle4progress]

13. Try the link here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2736505&mesg_id=2736675

[Straight Shooter]

14. Thank you.

:patriot:

[rocktivity]

12. I'll be the mercenary contractors are getting paid on time.

:mad:
rocknation

[KansDem]

15. What?! Perhaps there weren't any cargo planes available?

...to fly pallets of cash to Iraq?

Or is that method of payment only for Bush's gang of black-marketeers...

[gratuitous]

16. Default on the contract

If the other party to a contract you're in defaults on that contract, you're no longer obligated to keep up your end of things. I'd say these guys should come on home.

[BigDDem]

17. Ladies and gents, you're checks are coming

first we must pay Halliburton.

[sakabatou]

18. "But by paying them

it only makes them Islamofacists more, uh, determin-ed."

:puke:

[Seldona]

19. Take it from Congress and the Whitehouse.

You can bet THEIR checks weren't late.

[Supersedeas]

20. Feeding the families of our troops is the last thing on Bushitler's mind

[Zhade]

21. You know what happens to armies that don't get paid?

History shows there's a significant reaction to not getting paid as promised for putting your life on the line.

Mutiny.

[angstlessk]

22. why cant they put some fricking money on a 747 and fly it into baghdad?

they did it for the fricking contractors, but not OUR boys? DISGUSTING!

[bobthedrummer]

23. kick

[brentspeak]

24. They'll just have to wait: Halliburton execs are first in line.