Troops pay their own way home?

[tscottme]

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340

Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
genuine?

--

Scott
--------
"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm

[The Raven]

"tscottme" > wrote in message
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> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
>
> Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
> genuine?

The article is vague. I don't know what various international military
forces policies and procedures are but if he was being "sent home" from his
tour then I'd expect that would be paid for by the military.

My suspicion is, based on the vaguary of the article, the soldier has
requested to go on leave to return home. It's been approved so, if he want's
to go home he's probably going to pay for part if not all the trip costs.

--
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[Yeff]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:49:52 +1000, The Raven wrote:

> "tscottme" > wrote in message
> ...
>> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
>>
>> Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
>> genuine?
>
> The article is vague. I don't know what various international military
> forces policies and procedures are but if he was being "sent home" from his
> tour then I'd expect that would be paid for by the military.

I'm betting the military flies the GIs to their port-of-departure but no
further. That means that if you're stationed in Kentucky but your
port-of-departure to the AOR was Philadelphia, the military will return you
to Philadelphia and no further. *You* pay to get to Kentucky and back to
Philly where the military will again pick up the bill to get you back to
the AOR.

Same as it ever was.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

[Andrew Chaplin]

"The Raven" > wrote in message
...
> "tscottme" > wrote in message
> ...
> > http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
> >
> > Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
> > genuine?
>
> The article is vague. I don't know what various international military
> forces policies and procedures are but if he was being "sent home" from
his
> tour then I'd expect that would be paid for by the military.
>
> My suspicion is, based on the vaguary of the article, the soldier has
> requested to go on leave to return home. It's been approved so, if he
want's
> to go home he's probably going to pay for part if not all the trip
costs.

What sort of support programmes for deployed personnel has the USAF in
place? For comparison, Canadians on long unaccompanied deployments (six
months or longer) are entitled to up to two weeks' leave with them
meeting their spouse in a leave centre or having their return trip home
to their Next of Kin paid. When I was in Beirut I was able to bring my
wife to Israel (this was '92 and things were relatively calm) and to
Lebanon itself in '93 after things quieted down there, since I was
deployed for slightly more than a year.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

[Gene Storey]

"tscottme" > wrote
>
> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
>
> Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
> genuine?

The military will get you close to home, but the military doesn't go to all
towns in America. Most will have to fly commercial at some point. While
you are in a leave status, the military does not pay for airfare. What they should
have done (which is basically fraud) was to send the troops to their home of
choice in a TDY status. That way, it would be reimbursed on their travel
voucher.

[George Shirley]

Nope, story I saw said Gubmint flew them to a central point in the
states for R&R and they had to pay their own way if they wanted to go to
their home of record. Ain't like Nam where they flew you to Bangkok for
I & I.

George

tscottme wrote:

> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
>
> Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
> genuine?
>
> --
>
> Scott
> --------
> "Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
> reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
> there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
> the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
> destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
> http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm
>
>

[Alan Minyard]

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:24:17 GMT, Yeff > wrote:

>On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:49:52 +1000, The Raven wrote:
>
>> "tscottme" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
>>>
>>> Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
>>> genuine?
>>
>> The article is vague. I don't know what various international military
>> forces policies and procedures are but if he was being "sent home" from his
>> tour then I'd expect that would be paid for by the military.
>
>I'm betting the military flies the GIs to their port-of-departure but no
>further. That means that if you're stationed in Kentucky but your
>port-of-departure to the AOR was Philadelphia, the military will return you
>to Philadelphia and no further. *You* pay to get to Kentucky and back to
>Philly where the military will again pick up the bill to get you back to
>the AOR.
>
>Same as it ever was.
>
>-Jeff B.
>yeff at erols dot com

The airlines are offering $200 round trip fares to anywhere in the US
from the point where the GIs are "dropped off" by the military. These
fares do not require any advance purchase, etc.

Al Minyard

[tscottme]

The Raven > wrote in message
...
>
> My suspicion is, based on the vaguary of the article, the soldier has
> requested to go on leave to return home. It's been approved so, if he
want's
> to go home he's probably going to pay for part if not all the trip
costs.
>
> --

The article is referring to the program of allowing troops deployed to
Iraq 15 days vacation during their deployment. Or so I thought.

--

Scott
--------
"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm

[John Keeney]

"tscottme" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340
>
> Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
> genuine?

I saw something recently about arranging leave for the troops in Iraq.
The deal was a ride to eithier Europe or a place in the US (east coast
I think it was, but one place for everyone coming to the US) and back.
While in Europe or the US, they're on their own.