Army Varishing Millions Collected from Soldiers Bas Salary Aimed at Food Services Second place: Report
AND US Army It diverts the millions of dollars that he has collected from the basic support supplement (bass) pays for soldiers living in the barracks away from food services, the report states.
Money should help soldiers with food costs but a Investigation of Vojne.com They found that out of $ 225 million collected from bass, a soldier -reported soldier last year at the 11 biggest army bases, $ 151 million was directed elsewhere.
Soldiers in enrollment receive about $ 465 bass each month, according to US Army WebsiteAnd this is taken of a deduction, basically the troops, reported the exit.
“He has just returned to a large pool of military funds, and is used somewhere else,” an official told the sale of diverted salaries BA in an interview that scheduled the public relations office.
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The US army diverts more than half of the money raising on the basic maintenance fee (bass) paying soldiers living in the barracks, according to the report. (Photo of the National Guard of US Army SPC. Matthew A. Foster)
The official, who asked to remain anonymous, had a direct knowledge of the situation.
The exit investigation found that all but two bases in which they looked at the Elmendorf-Richardson and Fort Bliss in Texas, the Elmendorf-Richardson Base-Richardson Base, they had more than 50% of money away from the feeding of soldiers.
It is not clear what the redirected money is spent.
Tail. Jill, D-Hawaii, said the data should be explored.
“Theft of money from our soldiers is not the way we achieve military readiness,” he told the army.com. “The fact that at least $ 151 million has been raised from soldiers and is not spent on food as the necessary requirements not only a direct investigation but also a quick responsibility.”
20109., Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio He raised this question with the then army secretary Ryan McCarthy at hearing the budget, saying that the army or “spent half food was spent, or money was not spent on the food of the soldiers and was spent on something that was not received.”
Senior officers of the US army serve to feed the military staff in the dining room to celebrate gratitude day in the US military operating base (FOB) Salerno near Khosta on November 27, 2008 in the southeastern Province of Khowst, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
The question that came just before Covid-19 pandemic Hit, he didn’t follow.
The wages of the food workers and infrastructure funds for the dining room originate from a separate source, the socket noted.
The army has struggled in recent years to provide meals for soldiers, reported on sale, noting that his most comprehensive base, Fort Cavazos in Texas, had only two of his 10 dining rooms opened in the summer of 2023 and last November, Fort Carson to Colorado was Forced to serve soldiers of meals only sheets of beans and toast.
Participants of the US Army eat lunch on the field while on September 29, 2022. In Columbia, South Carolini, a basic training at Fort Jackson was undergoing. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Some pools also started serving pre -inflated meals from the kiosk – that the exit was found mostly high in sugar and small protein – a cheaper alternative to the cooked meals of the dining room.
Master’s spokeswoman Andrea Kelly told the socket that the number of meals was calculated in the basic dining rooms “based on previous head numbers.”
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In the past, officials have pointed to the less interest in the meals of the dining room, as soldiers often report insidious meat, lack of fresh ingredients and non -season meals that are served there.
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