{"id":2071529,"date":"2023-10-18T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pentagon-would-rather-fund-troops-abortions-than-their-overseas-living-expenses\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T11:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:11:29","slug":"the-pentagon-would-rather-fund-troops-abortions-than-their-overseas-living-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pentagon-would-rather-fund-troops-abortions-than-their-overseas-living-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon prioritizes troops&#8217; abortion funding over overseas living costs."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthe-pentagon-would-rather-fund-troops-abortions-than-their-overseas-living-expenses%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=2071529&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--><h2>The Pentagon \u200cPlans to Cut Overseas Service Members&#8217; Allowances While Subsidizing Abortion Travel<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u200cPentagon is reportedly planning to cut overseas service members\u2019 cost-of-living \u200dallowances\u200b next month, even as it\u2062 continues to subsidize travel for its employees to get abortions.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/10\/16\/troops-alaska-hawaii-and-overseas-brace-cost-of-living-cuts-coming-next-month.html?ESRC=eb_231017.nl&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=eb&#038;utm_campaign=20231017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Military.com<\/a>, the Defense \u200bDepartment announced in May that service members stationed overseas, including troops in Alaska \u2064and Hawaii, would see cuts to \u200dtheir cost-of-living\u2062 allowance. While the \u200bfirst\u2064 cut in allowances occurred on May\u2063 15, \u200cthe second is slated to happen on Nov. 15 and \u2064will be reflected in \u200cservice members\u2019 Dec. 1 paychecks.\u2064 More\u200d than\u2064 230,000 military members receive these payments, according\u2064 to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cpurpose of overseas cost-of-living allowances,\u2064 or OCOLA, is\u200b to help service\u2064 members stationed in remote locations \u200boffset costs of basic necessities that are typically more expensive due to their base\u2019s distance from the contiguous \u2062United \u2064States.\u2064 Increased inflation and changing currency rates, \u200dhowever, have supposedly resulted in \u201cthe gap \u2026 diminishing, leading \u200bto the cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOCOLA is based on a service member\u2019s spendable income and does not consider money a spouse earns,\u201d Military.com explained. \u201cIt\u2019s calculated by \u200dcomparing \u200dthe price of goods and services \u2063overseas with the average \u2062cost for equivalent products in the States, which creates \u200dan \u2062index for the cost-of-living \u200dallowance. Service members receive an increase \u200bonly\u200d if costs are higher overseas compared to prices stateside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unnamed senior defense officials tried to\u200d justify the cuts, claiming in May that an \u201cacross-the-board\u201d \u200bpay raise for \u200cservice members this \u2062year will result\u2062 in a \u201chigher take-home \u200dpay\u200c even with OCOLA \u200dreductions than what they had \u200din 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the\u2062 Pentagon seemingly can\u2019t find \u200cenough funds\u200d to\u2064 support service \u200cmembers in acquiring basic needs,\u2062 it\u2019s been more than willing to \u2063spend \u200ccountless \u2062U.S. taxpayer dollars for its\u2064 female \u200demployees to get abortions.<\/p>\n<p>In February, \u2064Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that the agency\u200c would\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pentagon-would-rather-fund-troops-abortions-than-their-overseas-living-expenses\/\" title=\"Pentagon prioritizes troops' abortion funding over overseas living costs.\">financially cover \u200dabortion-related travel expenses<\/a>\u2063 for service\u200d members and \u2063their\u2063 dependents. This prompted Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville to launch a protest of\u200c the\u200c policy the following month. Using his \u2063position on\u2064 the \u2064Senate Armed Services Committee, Tuberville has been slow-walking \u2063military \u2062promotions requiring Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, Tuberville is not blocking votes, but is forcing the Armed\u2062 Services Committee to vote on \u200ceach nomination individually rather than \u2062voting \u200c\u201cen masse\u200d on large numbers of nominations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Republican has since come under\u2064 a barrage of attacks from Austin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-u-s-preparing-additional-actions-over-myanmar-military-coup\/\" title=\"White House: U.S. preparing \u2018additional actions\u2019 over Myanmar military coup\">top-ranking military officials<\/a>,\u200b and Democrats (I repeat myself), who have baselessly claimed Tuberville\u2019s\u200b protest is harming U.S. \u201cmilitary readiness\u201d and \u201cnational security.\u201d Former \u2062CIA Director Michael Hayden \u2014 a Trump-Russia collusion hoaxer who \u2064joined more \u200dthan 50 former intelligence officials\u200b in signing a letter claiming Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was Russian disinformation \u2062\u2014 took\u2062 his unhinged criticisms \u2062a step further by apparently calling for Tuberville\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2062Democrats\u2019 hysteria, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tacitly admitted he had the \u200cpower to bring military promotions to the Senate floor the entire time last \u200bmonth after he filed cloture\u200b on several Biden nominees. Meanwhile, Tuberville has \u2064since doubled down, reaffirming in \u2064a Tuesday tweet that \u200che\u2019ll continue his protest until\u2063 the Pentagon\u200b lifts its abortion policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, I\u2062 don\u2019t care if Senate Republicans break with me or not. I\u2019m not dropping my holds until the \u200bpolicy\u200b is revoked,\u201d Tuberville wrote. \u201cThe DOD should be \u200bworried about defending our nation\u2062 instead of \u200dforcing the\u2064 taxpayers to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-behemoth-build-back-better-act\/\" title=\"House Passes Behemoth Build Back Better Act\">fund elective abortions<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn \u200dFleetwood is a staff writer for The \u2063Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary \u200bWashington. He previously served as a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and \u200dhis work\u200d has\u2062 been \u2064featured in numerous\u200d outlets, including\u2062 RealClearPolitics, \u2064RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him\u200c on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200d does\u200b the Pentagon&#8217;s decision to cut overseas service \u2062members&#8217; allowances affect their financial\u2062 well-being and ability to afford necessary resources while serving in challenging environments<\/h2>\n<p><span>  As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Tuberville sent \u200da letter to Austin expressing his concerns \u200dabout the\u2063 Pentagon using taxpayer funds to subsidize abortion travel, while simultaneously cutting the \u200ccost-of-living allowances for overseas service \u200cmembers. Tuberville argued that\u200c this\u200d decision was unfair to\u200b the \u2064brave men and \u200bwomen who sacrifice so much for their country.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of abortion \u200bis a highly debated \u2064and controversial topic in the United States, with\u2064 passionate arguments on both sides. However, it is important \u2063to note that the Pentagon&#8217;s decision to subsidize abortion travel goes against the values and beliefs of a significant \u2064portion of the American population, who believe in the \u200dsanctity of life and oppose the use of taxpayer funds for such purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the decision to cut overseas service members&#8217; allowances <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-lying-to-the-american-public-for-years-when-will-liberal-media-report-on-joe-bidens-obvious-dementia\/\" title=\"After Lying to the American Public for Years When will Liberal Media Report on Joe Biden\u2019s Obvious Dementia?\">raises questions<\/a> about the \u2064priorities of the Pentagon. It seems contradictory to reduce financial support for\u200b those stationed in remote and often expensive locations, while \u2063simultaneously allocating funds for abortion travel. This decision not only puts a financial burden on service \u2062members serving overseas but also fails to recognize the unique \u2063challenges they face in these locations.<\/p>\n<p>Service members stationed overseas often have limited access to necessary resources and face higher costs for basic necessities compared to their counterparts in the United States. The cost-of-living allowance \u200bwas intended to address these disparities and ensure that service members can afford the essentials while\u200c serving their country abroad. By cutting this allowance, the \u2062Pentagon \u200bis undermining the well-being and financial security of those who \u200dhave \u2063chosen to serve their \u200ccountry in challenging environments.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential \u200cfor the Pentagon\u200d to \u200breassess its priorities and allocate resources\u2064 in a\u2064 manner that reflects the needs and values of its service members. While it is understandable \u200bthat \u200cbudget constraints may require some difficult decisions, it is \u2062crucial to ensure that\u200b the welfare\u2064 of service members remains a\u200d top priority. Providing financial support for abortion travel while cutting \u200boverseas service members&#8217; allowances sends a troubling message about the Pentagon&#8217;s commitment to those who\u2063 serve.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Pentagon&#8217;s decision to cut overseas service members&#8217; allowances while continuing to subsidize\u2064 abortion\u2063 travel is highly concerning and raises questions about its priorities. It is crucial\u200d for the Pentagon to reconsider these policies and ensure that \u200dthe welfare of service \u200cmembers is adequately supported. Allocating resources in a fair and responsible manner is not only necessary to maintain the morale and\u200d well-being of our military personnel, but it also reflects the values and beliefs of the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon intends to reduce cost-of-living allowances for overseas service members next month. Surprisingly, it still funds abortion-related travel for its employees. 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