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<http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2010/10/2011-military-pay-debate/> Military Pay Debate – Cut Pay or Troops? October 28, 2010 • <http://militaryadvantage.military.com/author/terry/> Terry Howell Military pay and benefits have been a hot topic this fall; from the <http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/retired-pay/retired-cola> zero increase in military retiree and veteran cost of living adjustments to the proposed reductions in future <http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay> military base pay raises, there are plenty of issues for Servicemembers and military retirees to focus on. As earlier reported in this blog, the <http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2010/10/congressional-politics-leaves-military-pay-hanging/> Senate left on recess without passing the National Defense Authorization Act for 2011. The NDAA 2011 ( <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.5136:> H.R. 5136) includes a House proposal for a 1.9 percent across-the-board increase in military base pay, in addition to extensions that would continue paying certain types of special pay and allowances. According to many reports, the Senate is leaning toward reducing the House’s proposed pay increase by .5 percent to 1.4 percent, which would match the White House’s proposal. Earlier this summer we reported that <http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,218378,00.html> two separate DoD advisory panels had recommended reducing the DoD’s personnel budget by limiting the size of pay raises and cutting retiree benefits. The panel’s reports are being debated this fall as Congress and Defense Department officials look for ways to reduce the deficit in a lagging economy. Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Personnel subcommittee, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), has suggested that cutting the number of troops would be a better way to reduce the cost of military personnel. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
