I don't forward stuff very often as it's really kinda outta line... but
everyonce in a while something hits me as True.... Check this Point out...
Keith ( Ps Glen... Might want to stay in that defensive Posture for a Good
While... it's Coming... )
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> From: Lisa Peterson <Lisa@morganhorse.com>
> To: deb mills <pinksatelite@excite.com>; Tom Meehan <MeehanT@ORVIS.com>;
Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; toastest@yahoo.com; brownbat@prtel.com; Chris
*Koliander <chris@morganhorse.com>; Crystal *Samson
<crystal@morganhorse.com>
> Subject: Military Pay
> Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:33 AM
>
> I received this regarding the current extravagant military pay scales and
> thought it worthy and necessary of being shared as widely as possible!
> Respectfully
> Wayne N. Hill Sr.
>
> **************************************************************
> Subject: FW: A Military member's Response to being
> Overpaid
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:10:47 -0600
> From: PDMON@ok.org
> To:...
>
> Subject: A Military member's Response to being Overpaid
>
> On 12 Jan, Ms Cindy Williams wrote a piece for the Washington Times
> denouncing the pay raise(s) coming service members' way this year, citing
> that the stated 13% wage gap was bogus. A young airman from Hill AFB
> responds to her article below. He ought to get a bonus for this!
>
> Ms. Williams:
>
> I just had the pleasure of reading your column of 12 Jan 00, "Our GIs
earn
> enough," and I am a bit confused. Frankly, I'm wondering where this
vaunted
> overpayment is going, because as far as I can tell, it disappears every
> month between DFAS (The Defense Finance and Accounting Service) and my
bank
> account. Checking my latest leave and earnings statement (LES), I see
that I
> make $1,117.80, before taxes. After taxes, I take home $874.20. When I
run
> that through Windows' Calculator, I come up with an annual salary of
> $13,413.60 before taxes, and $10,490.40 after. I work in the Air Force
> Network Control Center (AFNCC), where I am part of the team responsible
for
> the administration of a 25,000 host computer network. I am involved with
> infrastructure segments, specifically with Cisco Systems equipment. A
quick
> check under jobs for Network Technicians in the Washington, D.C. area
> reveals a position in my career field, requiring three years experience
with
> my job. Amazingly, this job does NOT pay $13,413.60 a year, nor does it
pay
> less than this. No, this job is being offered at $70,000 to $80,000 per
> annum. I'm sure you can draw the obvious conclusions. Also, you tout
> increases to Basic Allowance for Housing and Basic Allowance for
Subsistence
> (housing and food allowances, respectively) as being a further boon to an
> already over-compensated force.
>
> Again, I'm curious as to where this money has gone, as BAH and BAS were
both
> slashed 15% in the Hill AFB area effective in January 00. Given the tenor
of
> your column, I would assume that you have NEVER had the pleasure of
serving
> your country in her armed forces. Before you take it upon yourself to
once
> more castigate congressional and DOD leadership for attempting to get the
> families in the military's lowest pay brackets off AFDC, WIC, and food
> stamps, I suggest that you join a group of deploying soldiers headed for
> Saudi- I leave the choice of service branch up to you. Whatever choice
you
> make, though, opt for the SIX month rotation: it will guarantee you the
> longest possible time away from your family and friends, thus giving you
the
> full "deployment experience." As your group prepares to board the plane,
> make sure to note the spouses and children who are saying goodbye to
their
> loved ones. Also take care to note that several families are still unsure
of
> how they'll be able to make ends meet while the primary breadwinner is
> gone-obviously they've been squandering the vast piles of cash the DoD
has
> been giving them. Try to deploy over a major holiday; Christmas and
> Thanksgiving are perennial favorites. And when you're actually over
there,
> sitting in a DFP (Defensive Fire Position, the modern-day foxhole),
> shivering against the cold desert night, and the flight sergeant tells
you
> that there aren't enough people on shift to relieve you for chow,
remember
> this: trade whatever MRE you manage to get for the tuna noodle casserole
or
> cheese tortellini, and add Tabasco to everything.
>
> Talk to your loved ones as often as you are permitted; it won't nearly be
> long enough or often enough, but take what you can get and be thankful
for
> it. You may have picked up on the fact that I disagree with most of the
> points you present in your op-ed piece. But, tomorrow from Sarajevo, I
will
> defend to the death your right to say it. You see, I am an American
fighting
> man, a guarantor of your First Amendment rights and every other right you
> cherish. On a daily basis, my brother and sister soldiers worldwide
ensure
> that you and people like you can thumb your collective nose at us, all on
a
> salary that is nothing short of pitiful and under conditions that would
make
> most people cringe.
>
> We hemorrhage our best and brightest into the private sector because we
> can't offer the stability and pay of civilian companies. And you,
> Ms.Williams, have the gall to say that we make more than we deserve?
>
> Rubbish!
>
> A1C Michael Bragg
> Hill AFB AFNCC
>
> IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND
SHOW
> OUR SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN FIGHTING MEN & WOMEN.
> THANK YOU.
>
> THIS LETTER SHOULD BE APPLAUDED BY ANYONE WHO'S EVER SERVED OR HAD A
FAMILY
> MEMBER SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES! THIS YOUNG MAN DESERVES A MEDAL!!!!
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