{"id":1041189,"date":"2021-11-21T18:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T23:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1041189"},"modified":"2021-11-21T18:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T23:13:38","slug":"report-navy-pay-delays-causing-some-sailors-to-rely-on-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-navy-pay-delays-causing-some-sailors-to-rely-on-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Navy Pay Delays Causing Some Sailors to Rely on Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-navy-pay-delays-causing-some-sailors-to-rely-on-loans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1041189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sailors-assigned-to-aircraft-carrier-Gerald-R.-Ford-man-the-rails-as-they-depart-Naval-Station-Norfolk-Va.-June-7.-MC1-Julie-MatyascikNavy-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Navy sailors who recently earned increases in housing allowances due to marriage or relocating to a more expensive area are noticing months-long delays in their pay raise, according to Military.com.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has caused some to take out loans to try and make ends meet, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2021\/11\/19\/navy-pay-delays-have-forced-some-sailors-take-out-loans.html\">reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Vice President Gillian Gonzalez explained her organization saw an uptick in loan requests from sailors trying to cover their living expenses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-adblock-619a313a3d14a\" readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"ad-desktop-featured\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>\u201cThis is happening a little bit of everywhere,\u201d Gonzalez told the outlet. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem to hit one geographic area more than another.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>Gonzalez couldn\u2019t say exactly how many affected sailors have applied for loans, because the society counts them with all who made requests for help covering basic needs. Several sailors have taken to social media to describe delays and desperate efforts to obtain loans for living expenses.&nbsp;According to Gonzalez, one sailor was not paid for three months as the result of an enlistment extension and pay error, and although the member\u2019s command \u201cworked daily to resolve the issue,\u201d the sailor drained all savings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmcrs.org\/pages\/our-mission\">Navy-Marine Corps Relief<\/a> eventually delivered a $2,500 check to the sailor\u2019s front door because they were under coronavirus quarantine, according to Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NMCRS\/photos\/a.141630605878818\/6376140789094404\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"23.853403141361\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NMCRS\/photos\/a.141630605878818\/6376140789094404\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"7.717277486911\">\n<p>When Sea Service families need help, NMCRS is here! We provide interest-free loans and grants to assist with a wide\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/132771160098096\">Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NMCRS\/photos\/a.141630605878818\/6376140789094404\/?type=3\">Tuesday, November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cmdr. Matt Knight, who is the public affairs officer at Navy Personnel Command, told Military.com the Navy is required to process Basic Allowance for Housing change requests within a 30-day time period, but delays sometimes happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNavy Personnel Command and our subordinate commands take every measure to ensure the volume of transactions does not exceed our capacity, but occasionally backlogs do occur due to a variety of reasons. These backlogs are resolved as quickly as possible to limit the impacts to sailors,\u201d Knight commented.<\/p>\n<p>Sailors on the Reddit social media site reportedly said it took over a year for their issues to be remedied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA personnel specialist first class, who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak with the press, said the root of the problem lies in the consolidation of personnel support and customer support detachments that began in 2017 and appears to be understaffed,\u201d the Military.com article read.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, approximately 160,000 active-duty military members are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/thousands-of-military-families-struggle-with-food-insecurity\/\">experiencing<\/a> trouble feeding their families, the Associated Press (AP) reported November 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shocking truth that\u2019s known to many food banks across the United States,\u201d Vince Hall, who is Feeding America\u2019s government relations officer, noted. \u201cThis should be the cause of deep embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navy sailors who recently earned increases in housing allowances due to marriage or relocating to a more expensive area are noticing months-long delays in their pay raise, according to Military.com. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1041189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}