Pentagon cuts ‘danger pay’ to US troops
The US Department of Defense has cut by almost a third the number of places where US troops would be eligible to receive œimminent danger pay.”
The decision would affect about 50,000 US military personnel deployed in countries like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, saving the Pentagon nearly $100 million a year.
US military personnel deployed in places where they are eligible for the special pay receive $7.50 a day and the maximum pay per month is $225, according to Army Colonel Steve Warren, a department spokesman.
In 2012, nearly 194,200 US military personnel received imminent danger pay, which cost the Pentagon $500 million.
However, now with 20 locales dropped from the list, the US Defense Department is hoping to save $100 million on an annual basis.
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Oman, and water areas and airspace around the Persian Gulf are among the places gone from the list.
œThis is a routine recertification. … The combatant commands take a look at the security situation in their areas and make recommendations,” Reuters quoted Warren as saying.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, home to the notorious US-run prison, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the city of Athens, Greece, are among the places where US military personnel can still receive imminent danger pay.
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Source: Press TV
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imminent danger, by definition, is when you are standing next to a hood rat when she finds out her EBT did not had been reloaded n sh1t!! really??? 100M dollars? whether you are pro or anti military, you HAVE TO KNOW this is BS, this is a personal attack on people who make less than 30k a year anyway!! if you cut food stamps by a third, you could triple military base pay. these corksoakers are pure evil. how much more do you blind mufukas need, to see?? WAKE UP!! 100,000,000.00. the last power ball payout was more than that! what an insignifiCunt amount of money!! what a effin joke! 225 a month, i can’t even begin to express my anger over this. SECURITY?? dirkadirkastan is ”safe” but Athens Greece isn’t? whatever. HEY KIDS!! S T O P JOINING THEIR MEAT GRINDER!! THERE’S NO LONGER A REASON TO BE PROUD,,,, in THEIR military. GET OUT NOW!