Engineers In Demolition Get More Pay

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Engineers In Demolition Get More Pay
By Rick Scavetta
Stars and Stripes
European Edition
April 20, 2004,

HEIDELBERG, Germany — An Army plan to pay extra cash to combat engineers working with demolition will not include troops who did much of the explosives work last year in Iraq.

The $150 monthly incentive, known to troops as "demo pay," was approved Feb. 9, and is effective Nov. 3, 2003, Army officials said.

That was when Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, the Army's senior engineer, asked the Army to create an exception to policy to expand the pool of those eligible for the extra pay.





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[Woodmonkey]

I'm glad to hear this. It should have been in effect all along. This is dangerous work.

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Originally Posted by Woodmonkey

I'm glad to hear this. It should have been in effect all along. This is dangerous work.

Back in 1989 when the ex was up for reinlistement in the Marines, they offered him a "multiple of 6" if he would go into EOD. I wish he'd taken it!!!

[Woodmonkey]

Originally Posted by cb88

Back in 1989 when the ex was up for reinlistement in the Marines, they offered him a "multiple of 6" if he would go into EOD. I wish he'd taken it!!!

Tsk....tsk....tsk!

[Hoss68]

Does this go along with hazardous duty pay or instead of?

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Originally Posted by Hoss68

Does this go along with hazardous duty pay or instead of?

I'm not sure.