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He United States Army According to a report, it redirects millions of dollars that have collected the basic subsistence allocation (BAS) by soldiers living in food services barracks.
Money is supposed to help soldiers with food costs, but a Military Research He discovered that of the $ 225 million raised from the payment of BAS of soldiers enlisted last year in 11 of the largest bases of the army, $ 151 million went to another part.
The enlisted soldiers receive around $ 465 in BAS each month, according to the US Army Website. UU.And the deduction, essentially a tax on troops, is taken from that, the exit reported.
“He has just returned to the large group of Army funds, and is used elsewhere,” said an official at the exit of Pay Bas Pay in an interview scheduled by the Army Public Affairs Office.
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The US Army. UU. It is redirecting more than half of the money that collects in the basic assignment for subsistence payment (BAS) for soldiers living in barracks, according to a report. (Photo of the National Guard of the US Army. UU. By SPC. Matthew A. Foster)
The official, who asked to remain in anonymity, had a direct knowledge of the situation.
Outlet’s investigation discovered that all bases except the bases they considered, the Joint the Mentorf-Richardson in Alaska and Fort Bliss in Texas, had redirected more than 50% of the money far from feeding the soldiers.
It is not clear what the redirected money is being spent.
Representative Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, said the data should be investigated.
“Streaming food money from our soldiers is not how we achieved military preparation,” Tokuda told Military.com. “The fact that at least $ 151 million collected from the soldiers and were not spent on food, since the demands required not only an immediate investigation, but of rapid responsibility.”
In 2020, rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio He raised the problem with the then army secretary, Ryan McCarthy, at a budget hearing, saying that the army is “wasting half of the food, or money is not spent on the food of the soldiers and spends something for something for What is not appropriate.
The senior officers of the US Army. UU. They serve the food to military personnel in the dining November 27, 2008 in the province of Southeast of Khowst, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
The question, what came just before Covid-19 pandemia Hit was not followed.
The wages of food service workers and the dining room infrastructure funds come from a separate source, the exit said.
The Army has had problems providing meals to soldiers in recent years, The Outlet reported, noting that its most extensive base, Fort Cavazos in Texas, only had two of its 10 open dining rooms in the summer of 2023 and last November, last November, last November, last November, Fort Carson in Colorado was forced to serve meals of only beans and toast soldiers.
The apprentices of the US Army. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Some bases have also begun to serve prempquea meals of the kiosks, which the output found was generally high in sugar and protein drop, a cheaper alternative to the meals of the cooked dining room.
Major Andrea Kelly spokeswoman told the exit that the number of meals was calculated “based on previous counts” in the base canteens.
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The authorities in the past have indicated a lower interest in the dining room meals as the soldiers frequently report little cooked meat, lack of fresh ingredients and non -seasoned foods that are served there.
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