Soldiers still waiting for tour bonuses »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 10 months, 1 week ago in NewsPentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman acknowledged the five-month delay in paying the bonuses and said the Defense Department is working on a plan to start paying the almost 13,000 soldiers currently under the Army's stop-loss orders. Although Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to end the policy, the number of soldiers affected has risen since the middle of 2007.
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If my figuring is correct: that adds up to less than $33 million.
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Seems like a foolish place to drag ones feet.
From Outlays FY2009
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation..$78.6 billion
Procurement...$143 billion
Operation and Maintenance..$241 billion
Military Personnel...$129 billion (this includes retirement and benefits).
This is not the complete DOD number ($653 billion before supplementation's and the slip into the next year trick)
Less than 1/2400th of R. -
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