The US military is redirecting millions of dollars collected from the basic allowances of Self-Sufficiency (BAS) salaries of soldiers living in barracks away from food services, according to the report.
Money is supposed to help soldiers with the cost of food, Sirility.com research It turns out that of the $225 million collected from the salaries of soldiers enlisted at 11, the largest Army base last year, $151 million was overseen elsewhere.
Enlisted soldiers receive approximately $465 per month at BAS. US Army websiteand the deduction is essentially a tax on the military and is taken from it, the outlet reported.
“It's just returned to the big pool of Army Funds and is using other locations,” an official told the BAS pay exit, which was redirected in an interview scheduled by the Army Public Service Office.
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The US military redirects more than half of the money it collects from Basic Self-Sufficiency Allowance (BAS) payments to soldiers living in barracks, according to the report. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. MatthewA. Foster)
Officials who asked to remain anonymous had first-hand knowledge of the situation.
Outlet investigations found that all but two bases at Elmendorf Richardson in Alaska and two at Fort Bliss in Texas redirected more than 50% of the funds from feeding soldiers.
It is not clear what the redirected money is being used for.
Rep. Jill Tokuda of D-Hawaii said the data should be investigated.
“Stolen food money from our soldiers is not the way we achieve military preparation,” Tokuda told Military.com. “The fact that at least $151 million has been collected from soldiers and not spent on food as a necessary request is not just immediate investigation, but prompt accountability.”
In 2020, D-Ohio raised the issue at a budget hearing with then-Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, saying that the Army is “washing half of its food or not being spent on soldiers' food.” I stated. And it's spent on something that's not allocated. ”
Senior US Army officers will provide food to canteen servicemen to celebrate Thanksgiving Day at the US Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) Camp Salerno near Khost on November 27, 2008 in southeastern Afghanistan I will. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Questions that came just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit were not followed up.
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Foodservice workers' salaries and dining hall infrastructure funding come from separate sources, the outlet said.
The Army has struggled to feed soldiers in recent years, and the outlets have only opened two of the 10 dining halls, Texas's most extensive base, Fort Cabazo, open in the summer of 2023 and last November. He said he had not done so. Colorado was forced to serve Lima beans and the toast soldiers.
US Army trainees will have lunch on the field while they are doing basic training in Fort Jackson on September 29, 2022 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Some bases also begin offering pre-packaged meals from kiosks. This is because the sugar in the discovered outlets is generally high and low in protein. This is a cheaper alternative to pre-cooked dining hall meals.
Spokesman Major Andrea Kelly told the outlet that meal counts were calculated in the base dining hall “based on previous head counts.”
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Past officials frequently report that soldiers are not cooked frequently, lack of fresh ingredients, and seasonal meals are served there, making them more interested in dining hall meals. It points out that it will decrease.
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