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I have to salute those who are still wearing the uniform and serving our country today while the current administration is using you for social engineering experimentation in the name of political correctness while at the same time is feminizing our military services and basically are dismantling our national defense.
But there are more problems, back in the mid 1970's when liberals discovered that by having an all volunteer military they wouldn't have to serve they were warned that an all volunteer military is expensive. Unknown at the time, that our military would become a married military that would significantly increase the cost of an all volunteer military.
Well now they don't want to pay for that all volunteer military. But they don't want to go back to the American tradition of the "Citizen Soldier" where you have a well paid professional Officer Corps and professional SNCO's and the rest of the military, the majority are "citizens soldiers" who are paid just enough to get drunk on liberty and only serve two or four years and then return to being civilians after serving their country.
Below is an opinion piece from todays U.S. Naval Institute.
Military Pay and Benefits Unsustainable
By: Lt. Cmdr. John Halttunen, USN
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Study after study show that the U.S. military’s pay and compensation system is unsustainable. Defense experts from all across the Washington Beltway forecast a steep decline in readiness and capability due to escalating personnel costs and overall declining defense budgets. There is an urgent need for a frank discussion on pay and compensation reform throughout the ranks.
>"Whereas the think tanks and defense experts have offered up all manner of fiscal programs, processes and policies to the chopping block of change or disposal, the fact is military pay, compensation and benefits have received particular attention—and with good cause. The money we make, the money we are promised in retirement, the money that maintains our health care—and that of our families—is eroding our ability to do our jobs.
The numbers are stark and sobering. Military pay, allowances, and health care costs have risen more than 90 percent since 2001, while the size of the active duty force has grown by less than 3 percent in that same time, according to the Council on Foreign Relations . Today the average total cost per sailor, Marine, soldier, or airman is nearly $115,000 compared with $58,000 in 2001, according to a study from the Center for American Progress. The military retirement system is projected to have an unfunded liability of $2.7 trillion by 2034, according to a Defense Business Board report.
Yes, that was trillion—with a ‘T.’ "<
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But there are more problems, back in the mid 1970's when liberals discovered that by having an all volunteer military they wouldn't have to serve they were warned that an all volunteer military is expensive. Unknown at the time, that our military would become a married military that would significantly increase the cost of an all volunteer military.
Well now they don't want to pay for that all volunteer military. But they don't want to go back to the American tradition of the "Citizen Soldier" where you have a well paid professional Officer Corps and professional SNCO's and the rest of the military, the majority are "citizens soldiers" who are paid just enough to get drunk on liberty and only serve two or four years and then return to being civilians after serving their country.
Below is an opinion piece from todays U.S. Naval Institute.
Military Pay and Benefits Unsustainable
By: Lt. Cmdr. John Halttunen, USN
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Study after study show that the U.S. military’s pay and compensation system is unsustainable. Defense experts from all across the Washington Beltway forecast a steep decline in readiness and capability due to escalating personnel costs and overall declining defense budgets. There is an urgent need for a frank discussion on pay and compensation reform throughout the ranks.
>"Whereas the think tanks and defense experts have offered up all manner of fiscal programs, processes and policies to the chopping block of change or disposal, the fact is military pay, compensation and benefits have received particular attention—and with good cause. The money we make, the money we are promised in retirement, the money that maintains our health care—and that of our families—is eroding our ability to do our jobs.
The numbers are stark and sobering. Military pay, allowances, and health care costs have risen more than 90 percent since 2001, while the size of the active duty force has grown by less than 3 percent in that same time, according to the Council on Foreign Relations . Today the average total cost per sailor, Marine, soldier, or airman is nearly $115,000 compared with $58,000 in 2001, according to a study from the Center for American Progress. The military retirement system is projected to have an unfunded liability of $2.7 trillion by 2034, according to a Defense Business Board report.
Yes, that was trillion—with a ‘T.’ "<
Continue reading -> Opinion: Military Pay and Benefits Unsustainable | USNI News
