Hit me with a wet spaghetti noodle 5000 times!
I glommed on the #2 and posters stating they got paid only 1/2, and at that point I ASSUMED (hit me with the noodles now!) that what was being reported in the media on the 8th was still current.
If you recall the media reported that only 1/2 of the paycheck would be paid for the 15th, and back pay would appear 5/1.
My bad and everyone can now
me
The only other thing I want to address is:
paradoxer said:
Let's encourage students to have emergency funds for just such an occassion.
We have stated to our DS that you pay yourself 1st, and that means 1/4-1/3 of each paycheck is put aside for the rainy day...also to always have at least 50% open on your credit card.
This was a semi issue for him because he had money in his account, and as a college student who lives with college kids, he has no problem eating ramen
The one thing that needs to be addressed in this issue is that at least for the AF, if the scholarship and the stipend is how you survive as a C100 or 200, you need to think about what if the scholarship is pulled, gpa or EA reasons. How will you survive?
I do not want to see anyone go through that process, but it does occur. Getting the scholarship is one thing. Keeping it is another.
We can all play the game of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; yet, it will do no good. Obama stated yesterday that the DoD is on the chopping block.
If the DoD is forced to cut costs, ROTC will be on the table IMPO. It will mean that if you don't get summer field training, your scholarship may be in jeopardy. It will mean that if the gpa cut off pt is 2.8, they
Don't have to give you one more semester if your gpa is 2.75, they can cut you loose immediately.
It may mean if you need a medical waiver to get commissioned, even after 4 yrs on scholarship they can say: Thank you, but no thank you.
That is the elephant in the room.
The stipend to me is not an issue, 75 bucks for 100's or 137.50 for 400's for the the 1 week isn't concerning me. It is the 2011-2012 budget that I am concerned about when it comes to my child.