02-23-2012, 09:52 PM
Absolutely!
I know a sniper who went into Iraq on day one and after about 9 months or so went to his quartermaster and asked "why haven't I been paid?". The quartermaster took his name and number and according to the paperwork the sniper was not (nor had ever been) in Iraq and had not been paid at all for his 9 month "tour".
The records will show that he was kicking his heals at a barracks in England for the entire duration but he was in the thick of it the entire time.
Wrong records are better than missing records however. I have petitioned the now former minister of defence Fox to hand out some WWII Medals which are still owed but he wouldn't. Since the army lost the records (if indeed any were kept), a surviving serviceman's 19 months of eligible service (where only 30 days are needed) is by the by.
Still lots of "Catch up" to be played by all governments I think.
Plenty to be going on for now in this digital age.
I know a sniper who went into Iraq on day one and after about 9 months or so went to his quartermaster and asked "why haven't I been paid?". The quartermaster took his name and number and according to the paperwork the sniper was not (nor had ever been) in Iraq and had not been paid at all for his 9 month "tour".
The records will show that he was kicking his heals at a barracks in England for the entire duration but he was in the thick of it the entire time.
Wrong records are better than missing records however. I have petitioned the now former minister of defence Fox to hand out some WWII Medals which are still owed but he wouldn't. Since the army lost the records (if indeed any were kept), a surviving serviceman's 19 months of eligible service (where only 30 days are needed) is by the by.
Still lots of "Catch up" to be played by all governments I think.
Plenty to be going on for now in this digital age.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
