Troops in Parts of Japan to Receive Hardship Pay

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Troops in Parts of Japan to Receive Hardship Pay
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2011 - Service members in certain prefectures of Japan will receive hardship duty pay effective April 1, Defense Department officials announced.

Service members will receive $50 hardship duty pay per month if they are based in the Tokyo Capital Region and the prefectures of Aichi, Kanagawa, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Iwate, Miyagi, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Shizouka, Tochigi, Yamagata and Yamanashi.

"The designation is in recognition of the hardships caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake, the tsunami that followed and issues related to Japan nuclear reactors," according to a letter signed by Lynn C. Simpson, acting principle deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. The letter went to the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force and to the director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

Service members who are permanently assigned to the designated locations are eligible for the pay. Service members who are on temporary duty to the specified prefectures in support of Operation Tomodachi for longer than 30 days also will receive the pay. Those aboard ship are not eligible.

The pay is additional compensation paid to service members in recognition of the hardships associated with duty assignments in designated locations.

Those eligible will receive the pay automatically. Service members do not need to apply.

 

[RebelYell]

Re: Troops in Parts of Japan to Receive Hardship Pay

WOW...Looks like all the past soldiers that earned their stripes just got demoted. Now they are handing out hazard duty pay for picking up garbage. Just great.

 

[High Binder]

Re: Troops in Parts of Japan to Receive Hardship Pay

I had to look at waves and sunsets for months while at sea. Those sunsets are bright, so where's my retro-active 'hardship' pay?

Looks more like a "feel-good" "we support the military" PR stunt.

 

[RebelYell]

Re: Troops in Parts of Japan to Receive Hardship Pay

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had to look at waves and sunsets for months while at sea. Those sunsets are bright, so where's my retro-active 'hardship' pay?

Looks more like a "feel-good" "we support the military" PR stunt. </div></div>

Your right...The way things are going you should get one too. Hell..we all should get some sort of hazard pay for some of the dumb ass questions posted on here. And I'm not talking about this thread...lol.

 

[unrepentant]

Re: Troops in Parts of Japan to Receive Hardship Pay

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: High Binder</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had to look at waves and sunsets for months while at sea. Those sunsets are bright, so where's my retro-active 'hardship' pay?

Looks more like a "feel-good" "we support the military" PR stunt. </div></div>

That's no lie. I *know* people in Chiba, Nagano, Niigata and Akita. None of them say there is any disruption to daily life. 'Course, we dunno what the actual radiation levels are, but no independent surveys are making any claims at those distances either.