0121 POG here. Can confirm. Even during BEST of times, people wouldn’t get pay checks. But you bet your ass if O4 and up came in, I’d have to come in on weekends to make sure he got reimbursed a missing thirty bucks on his travel claim. Meanwhile, LCpl Schmuckatelli would have to miss two pay periods and contact MCCS for a payday loan to feed his family.
0121 POG here. Can confirm. Even during BEST of times, people wouldn’t get pay checks. But you bet your ass if O4 and up came in, I’d have to come in on weekends to make sure he got reimbursed a missing thirty bucks on his travel claim. Meanwhile, LCpl Schmuckatelli would have to miss two pay periods and contact MCCS for a payday loan to feed his family.
This pains my heart. I thought the military was better than this. :*(
Oh my sweet Summer Child. The financial horror stories I could tell.
Interestingly enough, it was the Republicans who forced that shutdown. One named Ted Cruz.