Seen in the Courant:
More than one-fifth of 500 Connecticut National Guard soldiers of the 102nd Infantry serving in war zones are owed thousands of dollars in incentive pay that is months overdue.
The Assignment Incentive Pay of $1,000 a month is paid to Reserve or National Guard soldiers who volunteer to extend active duty beyond 24 months.
Lt. Col. John Whitford of the Connecticut National Guard confirmed that about 110 soldiers are owed amounts between $2,000 and $17,000. He attributed the delay to a “bureaucratic-administrative issue” at the federal level.
You’d think that before we “surge” more troops into Iraq, the Pentagon would figure out how to pay the salaries of the ones we already have over there.
