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Originally Posted by damian2001
A year on year freeze is a cut - you have to take into account inflation.
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your missing the points
1. it was only part of the compensation
combat pay BONUS was frozen to be the same
but in that year
base pay increased combat ready (E3) from 1303.50 to 1442.10
AND
base pay in when serving in a combat zone became tax free income that year
which translates in a combat pay bump of around $450 (1500 X.30%)
The pentagon basically said adding an extra 225 above and beyond that was a bit excessive.
BTW check the next year and you will see the military got the bump
a $600 pay raise on a 1303.50 monthly pay was called a CUT by MM
which is a bald face lie.