The recommendation came last month from Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, and directs Army soldiers and their families to apply for food stamps through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known by the acronym SNAP.
"With inflation affecting everything from gas prices to groceries to rent, some Soldiers and their families are finding it harder to get by on the budgets they've set and used before," the written guidance from Grinston reads.
"SNAP is a U.S. government program that provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an electronic benefits transfer card that can be used like a debit card to purchase eligible food in authorized retail food stores. Service members and their families may be eligible."The official guidance includes other lending and financial counseling programs available to soldiers and lists contact information to help them enroll in SNAP.
Although the Biden administration and much of the media insists the U.S. is not in a recession, the nation has experienced negative GDP growth in each of the last two quarters, meeting the traditional definition for a recession. In addition, inflation is running at nearly double-digit percentages and food prices in particular have risen at the fastest rate in decades.
Mackenzie Eaglen, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who studies defense budgets and military readiness, said nearly a quarter of enlisted men and women can't afford to put food on the table.
"What they need is more money," Eaglen wrote in a Wall Street Journal column this week. "The Defense Department's flat-footed response to inflation will result in a real — and cumulative — pay cut for service members."
Eaglen said the Pentagon received more federal funding from Congress than it had requested, but ignored inflation concerns and short-changed the men and women who serve.
Now, she wrote, "Congress will have to appropriate even more to save America's troops from the Defense Department's negligence. It's the only way to get troops and their families the financial lifeline they need."
Base pay for the lowest-ranking Army private is $21,999.60, according to GoArmy.com. Salaries for enlisted men and women the lower ranks rise gradually through promotions, but not always by years of service alone.
Reader Comments
My first month's pay back in 1967 was $67 a month. As a basic recruit everything was provided for us, room, food, uniforms - the $67 was to lash out when on leave and to drink beer. I was a helicopter pilot and got Warrant Officer pay, flight pay and 'combat pay', which increased my pay by $65 a month. Essentially, $2 extra per day to throw myself into the horrors of war.
Biden is printing to infinity because he, or they, know the dollar is finished, and there is no reason to be moderate or control spending. Print while you can until you can't, and handle the mess when it arrives.
well well well, its NATO AND USA FAULT, NOW ALL ON BREAD CRUMBS..
KARMAS AA BITCH EH USA..
AND ITS GONNA GET WORSE!!
This was the Trojan Horse Operation Paperclip’s underlying reason for it’s paying so many scientist’s/PhD’s using Social Security checks which are controlled by the Fed.
DARPA/Jason Group/USAP DOD programs et alia used scientific research as a covert - classified method & means beneath public‘s radar & scrutiny.
They'll exalt a few, carve some memorials, and flush the 99.9% of the rest.
New blood arrives, sees the memorials, hears the BS propaganda and the cycle repeats.
That's because the NVA rocketed our camp on the 19th of May 1968. The ammo dump went up along with all my medical records. Thankfully, my records were renewed when I got shot and also my broken back from a helicopter crash. My first disability check was $43.
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For 1, they force you to take the jab.
For 2, they send you off to war to fight
for what?
“Everyone has a plan
until they get punched in the mouth”
-Mike Tyson
Look at Kazakstan, we were told the populous was taken over the edge by high fuel prices. However this as I understand it was vintage western propaganda. The real reason they burned down politicians homes, destroyed banks and took bankers, police, military and politicians hostage was draconian c19 protocols to the 4th power. They imposed c19 vaccination and vaccine passport as a mandatory prerequisite for withdrawing your money from the bank. That was the proverbial “last straw,” and the real reason people went ape s*** crazy for good reason.
And we saw a similar visceral reaction in Sri Lanka