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    I can always make it a rule to get there first with the most men.

    -- Nathan Bedford Forrest

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    Should pay and benefits be increased for Reservists and National Guard members?

    Yes72 %72 %72 % 72.22 % (65)
    No23 %23 %23 % 23.33 % (21)
    I do not know0 %0 %0 % 0.00 % (0)
    I have no opinion2 %2 %2 % 2.22 % (2)
    Other, please list in comments2 %2 %2 % 2.22 % (2)

    Total votes: 90
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    Re: Should pay and benefits be increased for Reservists and
    by Anonymous
    on Oct 14, 2003
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    One thing is for sure, their pay must not be DEcreased as is being contemplated. It would help a lot if the DOD was not using Reserves for indefinite full time deployments without making financial arrangements for their families and careers, as a way of reducing regular force size... especially if America plans on continuing these international liberation adventures.

    It is past time to reinstitute the Draft. There are no reserve Reserves.

    Re: Should pay and benefits be increased for Reservists and
    by Anonymous
    on Oct 20, 2003
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    The current pay scale is correct, but benefits are not. Most unit members do not live close enough to a base with a PX or Commissary to take advantage of them. The same applies to medical care. pay should not be adjusted, but something should be done about benefits.


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    This Day in History
    1862: General Ulysses S. Grant provides the first major Union victory of the war when he captures Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. Ten days later, he captured Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, which gave the Yankees control of northern Tennessee and paved the way for the occupation of Nashville.

    1899: The Spanish-American War ends.

    1941: The RAF clears the way as British take Benghazi, trapping thousands of Italians.

    1944: Kwajalein Island in the Central Pacific falls to U.S. Army troops.

    1945: MacArthur reports the fall of Manila, and the liberation of 5,000 prisoners.

    1952: The carrier USS Philippine Sea returned to Korean waters for its second tour of duty.

    1973: Supervisors from the International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS), delegated to oversee the cease-fire, start to take up their positions in Vietnam. The cease-fire had gone into effect as a provision of the Paris Peace Accords.


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