TRLewis
12-15-04, 11:37 AM
Found this on about.com heres the main part of it. Its been suspened though. If this was in affect I don't think too many people would be complaining about playing in the sandbox.
High-Tempo Deployment Pay
As part of the Fiscal Year 2000 Military Appropriations Act (four years ago), Congress passed a provision that mandated that DOD pay members $100 per day for any days they are deployed that exceed 400 days in any 740 day period.
http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/bldeploymentpay.htm
So if you have to spend 740 days deployed, thats an extra 34k. Not a bad chunk of change.
High-Tempo Deployment Pay
As part of the Fiscal Year 2000 Military Appropriations Act (four years ago), Congress passed a provision that mandated that DOD pay members $100 per day for any days they are deployed that exceed 400 days in any 740 day period.
http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/bldeploymentpay.htm
So if you have to spend 740 days deployed, thats an extra 34k. Not a bad chunk of change.