You're overpaid

[Mudduck]

> Subject: FW: You're overpaid!
> Pretty good perspective on things. . . .
>
> This is a very good article written by A1C Bragg at
> Hill AFB-perhaps
> we need to thank him for his eloquent response.
>
>
> Subject: Re: Your article of 12 Jan 00, "Our GIs
> Earn Enough"
>
> Ms. Williams:
>
> I just had the pleasure of reading your column of 12
> Jan 00,
> "Our GIs Earn Enough," and I am a bit confused.
> Frankly, I'm
> wondering where this vaunted overpayment is going,
> because
> as far as I can tell, it disappears every month
> between DFAS
> (The Defense Finance and Accounting Service) and my
> bank
> account. Checking my latest leave and earnings
> statement
> (LES), I see that I make $1,117.80, before taxes.
> After taxes,
> I take home $874.20. When I run that through
> Windows'
> Calculator, I come up with an annual salary of
> $13,413.60 before
> taxes, and $10,490.40 after. I work in the Air
> Force Network
> Control Center (AFNCC), where I am part of the team
> responsible
> for the administration of a 25,000 host computer
> network. I
> am involved with infrastructure management,
> specifically with
> Cisco Systems equipment. A quick check of
> http://www.monster.com
> under jobs for Network Technicians in the
> Washington, D.C.
> area reveals a position in my career field,
> requiring three
> years' experience with my job. Amazingly, this job
> does NOT pay
> $13,413.60 a year, nor does it pay less than this.
> No, this job
> is being offered at $70,000 to $80,000 per annum.
> I'm sure
> you can draw the obvious conclusions. Also, you
> tout increases
> to Basic Allowance for Housing and Basic Allowance
> for
> Sustenance (housing and food allowances,
> respectively) as being a
> further boon to an already-overcompensated force.
> Again, I'm
> curious as to where this money has gone, as BAH and
> BAS were
> both slashed 15% in the Hill AFB area effective in
> January 00.
> Given the tenor of your column, I would assume that
> you have
> never had the pleasure of serving your country in
> her armed forces.
> Before you take it upon yourself to once more
> castigate congressional
> and DoD leadership for attempting to get the
> families in the military's
> lowest pay brackets of AFDC, WIC, and food stamps, I
> suggest that
> you join a group of deploying soldiers headed for
> Saudi-I leave the
> choice of service branch up to you. Whatever choice
> you make,
> though, opt for the six month rotation: it will
> guarantee you the
> longest possible time away from your family and
> friends,
> thus giving you the full "deployment experience."
> As your group prepares to board the plane, make sure
> to note the
> spouses and children who are saying goodbye to
> their loved ones.
> Also take care to note that several families are
> still unsure of how
> they'll be able to make ends meet while the primary
> breadwinner is
> gone-obviously they've been squandering the vast
> piles of cash the
> DoD has been giving them. Try to deploy over a
> major holiday;
> Christmas and Thanksgiving are perennial favorites.
> And when
> you're actually over there, sitting in a DFP
> (Defensive Fire Position,
> the modern-day foxhole), shivering against the cold
> desert night,
> and the flight sergeant tells you that there aren't
> enough people
> on shift to relieve you for chow, remember this:
> trade whatever MRE you
> manage to get for the tuna noodle casserole or
> cheese tortellini, and add
> Tabasco to everything. Talk to your loved ones as
> often as you are
> permitted; it won't nearly be long enough or often
> enough, but take
> what you can get and be thankful for it. You may
> have picked up on
> the fact that I disagree with most of the points you
> present in
> your op-ed piece. But, tomorrow from Voltaire, I
> will defend
> to the death your right to say it. You see, I am an
> American fighting
> man, a guarantor of your First Amendment rights and
> every other
> right you cherish. On a daily basis, my brother and
> sister soldiers
> worldwide ensure that you and people like you can
> thumb your collective
> nose at us, all on a salary that is nothing short of
> pitiful and under
> conditions that would make most people cringe. We
> hemorrhage our
> best and brightest into the private sector because
> we can't offer
> the stability and pay of civilian companies. And
> you, Ms. Williams,
> have the gall to say that we make more than we
> deserve? Rubbish.
>
> A1C Michael Bragg Hill AFB AFNCC
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> COM: (801) 777-9198
> FAX: (801) 777-7176

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