Thursday, May 8, 2014

DOD: Slow down pay raise, and while we're at it, give all NG AH-64s to Active Army

DOD panel says lower pay raises; affected persons respond: What??

JCS chief says “we” can “no longer put off rebalancing our military compensation.”

“Rebalancing” means “We’ve been paying Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines too much and we need to get back to food stamps and public housing.”

Generals and admirals then started throwing around numbers: $31 billion saved this year; $2.1 billion additional cut from 2015 budget if pay changes not made; DOD will “miss out” on $10 billion in savings over next five years; $12 billion saved by 2020, ya-da and ya-da.

That many numbers and this year and that year – Sounds like ROMA numbers.

“A survey conducted by Military.com found that 90 percent of active duty service members rejected the proposed changes issued by the Pentagon on pay and benefits. More than 95 percent said previous testimony offered by Pentagon officials saying troops supported the proposals was, in fact, false.”

Retired Vice Adm. John Totushek, president of the Association of the U.S. Navy: "What the chiefs are hearing might not be what's really going on."

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/06/pentagon-defends-pay-and-benefit-cuts-to-congress.html?ESRC=army-a.nl

Survey on slowing pay increase and housing

Nine out of 10? Why not 10 of 10?

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/05/survey-nine-in-10-troops-oppose-cuts-to-pay-bah.html?comp=7000023435630&rank=2

About that air support you were going to get when the AF does away with the A10 …

“NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- The Army National Guard has reluctantly begun taking steps to relinquish its fleet of AH-64 Apache helicopters to the active component, even as its leaders call for a commission to study the controversial proposal.

“The Army wants to save an estimated $12 billion over several years by retiring OH-58 Kiowas and using AH-64 Apaches for the armed scout and reconnaissance mission. Because the service can't afford to buy more attack choppers to do both missions, it would transfer the Guard's entire fleet of 192 Apaches to the active component. In return, the Guard would receive 111 UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters from the active component.”

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/06/guard-reluctantly-begins-plan-to-give-up-apaches.html?ESRC=army-a.nl

(When a service decides to make one aircraft do the job of two, people die. The Apache is not a scout helicopter. Scout helicopters are small; they fly low and slow. The Apache is far less than small.)

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