Okay. Here's one reason why I hate watching TV news.
Just saw a story on a prominent 24 hour cable news station about how U.S. soldiers traveling to the middle east have to pay the airlines the extra bag fee for their bags. The VFW is angry about this, saying that a young soldier heading off to war shouldn't have to pay such a fee, and I would be too. In fact, I think I have more right, since I have been deploying for 5 years, and I've been paying overweight and extra bag fees the whole time. Except for one thing: The military reimburses us for all legitimate travels costs, including those fees. Everyone, when they travel on the government dime, has to file a travel voucher. So whether you get charged a fee (on your legally required government credit card) or not, you're still filing paperwork.
Clearly no one involved in publishing this story bothered to have even a 5 minute conversation about it with any military member. If you really want to find out about what you should be angry about, study up on the DTS system for filing travel vouchers and what a waste of time it is for all of us.
Baggage fee story
Showing posts with label army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label army. Show all posts
13 August 2008
02 March 2008
Guest blog
The following is an entry from the blog of a friend of mine, an army officer heading overseas for her second 12 month.
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28 Feb 08
I'm to the point where I'm just wondering if I am the one is the crowd who can be completely unnoticed where ever I go. I'm almost sure that I could walk into a full room of people wearing a chicken suit and no one would even notice. I grew to enjoy my solitude after being deployed and constantly around other people. But now, 4 years later, I'm seeing it more like a curse than anything else. Im not upset that I'm single, for I can deal with that. Im upset that I'm going away for another year and will be alone most of the time, due to gender and rank, so translation= another year of solitude. I'm getting tired of it, and just wish that I meant something to some people. I don't even feel like I have any friends who would genuinely miss me while I'm gone...
http://blog.myspace.com/noseriouslyforreal
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28 Feb 08
I'm to the point where I'm just wondering if I am the one is the crowd who can be completely unnoticed where ever I go. I'm almost sure that I could walk into a full room of people wearing a chicken suit and no one would even notice. I grew to enjoy my solitude after being deployed and constantly around other people. But now, 4 years later, I'm seeing it more like a curse than anything else. Im not upset that I'm single, for I can deal with that. Im upset that I'm going away for another year and will be alone most of the time, due to gender and rank, so translation= another year of solitude. I'm getting tired of it, and just wish that I meant something to some people. I don't even feel like I have any friends who would genuinely miss me while I'm gone...
http://blog.myspace.com/noseriouslyforreal
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