Ordered stop-loss payouts still undelivered

It's not bad enough they get stop-loss ordered to stay in now they are not even getting what they were promised as far as paying them! First they are promised they will serve a certain amount of time, but we go back on that promise. Then we promise to pay them extra for what they are put through. Then we go back on that promise too? We also promise to take care of them if they get wounded and we all know how that turns out too many times for them. Can't we get anything right when it comes to the men and women serving?

Ordered stop-loss payouts still undelivered
Two months after Congress ordered special pay of up to $500 a month for anyone involuntarily kept on active duty under stop-loss orders, nobody has received a dime.

But the wait may be coming to an end. Senior Army officials are close to issuing a recommendation on whether to pay the full $500 allowance authorized by Congress and when payments might begin, according to Senate aides monitoring the program.

The decision, one of the last military pay actions by the Bush administration, must be cleared by the House and Senate Appropriations committees before payments begin.

Army spokesman Maj. Nathan Banks could not say when an announcement would be made, but he noted that top Army officials are reviewing a payment plan for submittal to Congress.

“Congress authorized the payment, but the amount could be anywhere from zero to $500,” Banks said.

Senate aides, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Banks appears cautious about not overpromising.

“I would be very surprised if the amount was less than $500, especially because we provided full funding for that amount,” one aide said. “The Army would have to make a very strong case why it needs to pay less.”

Anyone who spends even one day of a month in fiscal 2009 under stop-loss orders would be eligible for what the law calls “stop-loss special pay.”
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