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THE SHARK TANK
“President Obama’s latest policy outrage makes no attempt to hide his contempt for our military, as he is ordering that our troops serving overseas in war zones overseas are not to receive combat pay unless they are being shot at, or at risk of being injured by hostile aggression.…
…According to Military.com, and the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (H.R. 1540-7 Sec 616) as of February 1, 2012, this new measure went into effect, and soldiers who are to receive the additional $225/mo. combat pay ‘must’ be in immediate risk of harm. The measure is very specific in its criteria for receiving the additonal pay.
‘The rules for Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger Pay have changed. Service members will now receive imminent danger pay only for days they actually spend in hazardous areas. This change went in effect on February 1, 2012.
A member of a uniformed service may be entitled to Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger pay at the rate of $225 for any month in which he/she was entitled to basic pay and in which he/she was:
Subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mine;
On duty in an area in which he was in imminent danger of being exposed to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines and in which, during the period he was on duty in that area, other members of the uniformed services were subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines…”
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Should we be surprised? Of course not, Plan going as scheduled.
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I am still struck by the fact that Americans actually elected him. Hopefully, we’ll remedy that come November.
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My biggest fear is that the same jack rabbits who voted for this schmuck in 2008 will vote for him the second time around.
On another post a few days back, someone left a message telling me how great Obama was and how he fixed the economy, yada, yada, yada.
It is truly mind boggling that these people cannot see this man for the treason sob that he is.
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THIS ENRAGES ME !!!!
This is what we get for electing a college puss, who has never been near a battlefield, and now here he is dictating to the ones that are exposed to that danger everyday how much their service is worth.
That combat pay in some cases goes back to their dependents who are denied a family member, and live with the possibility that they may never return.
Great post D.
This needs to go viral.
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If my Representative in Congress had voted FOR this bill, he would have surely recieved the good old fashioned ASS WHIPPING he deserved. You always feed the goose that lays the Golden Egg, which is OUR FREEDOM. The “brainstems” in Congress need to ACT like they understand this and quit putting a price on our military’s LIFE. We secure over 140 countries around the world with our military BUT we have a problem when it comes to OUR borders, North and South. Take this POTUS to the AZ or TX border, put a weapon in his hand and give him a dose what it’s really like. THEN maybe he would place more value on human lives.
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POTUS wouldn’t be sure of which end makes the noise.
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Obama wouldn’t last five minutes at the US-Mexico border.
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You are right AFVET. It is disgusting that those who have never spent a day in service of any kind are those with the audacity to disrespect our military in such a manner.
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Reblogged this on Right Hook.
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Outrageous. While he’s cutting their pay, he pretends to be helping them find jobs when they return from combat, so his Koolaid drinkers think he’s looking out for them. Disgusting.
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Yes RH, just after returning from a 4 million dollar vacation in Hawaii.
Yes it is disgusting.
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Indeed it is outrageous RH. Oh and about that so-called promise to get returning servicemen and women jobs? Just lip service, nothing else.
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That might be his ‘civilian army’ he spoke about.
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So we lay off thousands and then cut the pay for thousands more serving outside the country. He certainly is doing his best to weed out the best & brightest.
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Just another indication of his desire to stick his finger in the eye of the military.
Keep in mind that Leon Panetta is his lackey, a progressive stooge that licks Obama’s boots on command.
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Indeed, Obama has such disdain for our military. As for lackey, Panetta, he’s a Commie slug.
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Reblogging bydesign.
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Reblogged this on freedombytheway.
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This concerns me very much so I looked further into it. It’s wrong! No doubt about it.
Many of the soldiers actually return to these same areas and work as contractors for “private” companies for SIX FIGURES. Our government is paying for what they are worth (and they are worth this!) when they take those opportunities within “Businesses”. This is a booming industry (unfortunately, I’d rather them be paid this as our official service personnel but businesses are driving our government at all levels). Here is more on that: http://www.privatemilitary.org/home.html
It should be noted that this same law actually raises pay for the ENTIRE military by (yes, a meager) 1.6%. See more here: http://www.military.com/benefits/content/military-pay/charts/2011-military-pay-charts.html?comp=7000022859188&rank=1
President Obama did not write this law. Anyone in Congress could have come up with the good and bad in it. As the president, he had to sign it as a mixed bag.
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“As the president, he had to sign it as a mixed bag”.
Wanna buy a bridge ?
I have a good deal, just for you.
One time only, 24 hours, and then the deal is over.
Act now.
Buy it NOW !
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Thank you for re-posting Freedom and RH. Not only is Obama doing a major injustice to our troops and their families, he is jeopardizing the lives of our heroes.
Everything that comes from this administration is an assault on the country and our liberties.
This is too much and people need to hear about what their beloved Obama is up to.
1.6% pay increase is hardly anything brag about. Considering how much local and state law enforcement are paid, I believe that our military deserves much more. Moreover, while it was Geoff Davis who wrote the amendment modifying hazard combat pay for our military, it should be noted that the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 was bipartisan.
But before we go there, please note the following:
DOD Begins PRORATING Imminent Danger Pay
“WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2012 – Service members now will receive imminent danger pay ONLY for days they actually spend in hazardous areas, Pentagon officials said here today.
The change, which took effect yesterday, was included in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law Dec. 31.
‘Members will see the prorated amount in their Feb. 15 pay records,’ Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby said.
The act called for DOD to pay service members imminent danger pay only for the time they spend in areas that qualify for the pay. In the past, service members received $225 per month if they spent any time that month in an area where the pay was authorized. ‘This is a more targeted way of handling that pay,’ Kirby said.
Now, service members will receive $7.50 a day for days spent in these areas. Personnel who travel to the designated areas for periods less than 30 days should keep track of the number of days they are in the area to verify that they are paid for the correct number of days, officials said…”
In some instances, there are those who will see this as a pay cut.
Indeed, Barack Obama was very much involved in the preparation of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.
In fact the game plan to implement the draconian legislation wherein Obama has the right to indefinitely detain Americans he deems a terrorist without legal counsel, charges or trial dates back as far back as spring 2009.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-establishing-council-governors
Even scarier is that while many in Congress submitted amendments to exclude indefinite detention from NDAA, Obama himself insisted upon legislation giving him the right to detain Americans without counsel, charges or trial indefinitely.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/09/1043781/-Why-Obama-Will-Not-Veto-NDAA-Military-Detention-of-Americans:-He-Requested-It
http://pumabydesign001.com/2012/01/05/tyranny-alert-obama-administration-demanded-power-to-indefinitely-detain-u-s-citizens/
Finally, Obama’s two and half week declaration that he would veto NDAA, as with all things Obama, was a lie.
NDAA is Obama’s brainchild, hence, he had no intention of vetoing said legislation which is why he waited until the cover of night, New Year’s Eve to signed the bill into legislation.
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He’s surely against our military. he’s weakened our nation every way he can and now he’s working on the military and taking it down. This president is a traitor! He should be arrested and charged with sedition. So all this under the NDAA including arrest and detainment of US citizens without trial, charges, or attorney but, yeah, animal sex was authorized by the law! Seriously it was. I’m not laughing!
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I will be reblogging also. The thing that struck me is the use of the very specific term: Mine. I suspect that this will not include IED’s thereby reducing still further the servicemembers receiving combat pay. My word, I’m tired of this mealy mouthed weasel.
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Reblogged this on YOU DECIDE.
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Reblogged this on My Blog and commented:
Please pass on to anyone you know that is in the military or a veteran! God bless!
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I left this comment at Cheers as well:
Back in my day, you received combat pay (a hefty 50 extra bucks a month for my grade) if you were stationed in any area designated as a combat zone (no such thing as imminent danger–if you were anywhere in the zone, you were in trouble). No one, especially Barack Obama and the damn Democrats, can predict just where or when hostilities will erupt. In ’68, for example, MACV, the pols & the news media were all wetting their pants about the siege at Khe Sanh, but on Jan. 30th, the NVA starting hitting everyplace but. Everybody in-country became a rifleman, including the cooks.
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So, does anyone think this is going to have any negative influence at all towards his re-election bid? Not a chance; no way, no how. You know why? Because this won’t even be brought up by Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, or Ron Paul or any of the media outlets, liberal or conservative. The odds are very much in favor of four more Obama years.
You think the stuff he’s been pulling the last three years has been bad? If and when he gets a second term … there will be no stopping this freak. Everything will be done by executive order and not any Republican will oppose any of it.
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Not if you listen to the response of moonbats. Lol. Check out one or two of the comments here Steve, http://freedombytheway.com/2012/02/06/2055/
Even with the writing on the wall, many still don’t believe that Comrade Obama is a cretin. Geez.
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I checked out the link Denise. I don’t get it. You know I was listening to some talk radio on my way home from work yesterday and it sickens me the way the phony conservatives talk about Obama like he really IS the President of the United States. un-freaking-believable!
We are surrounded by phonies Denise. yep, on every side; even within our ranks.
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We are surrounded by enemies Steve. It is so obvious yet many refuse to accept that which is as plain as the nose on their faces.
That being said, I don’t consider Obama President. Usurper in chief, YES. President, NO.
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