The servicemen of the US Navy are forced to take out loans, as the department does not pay salaries on time. This was reported by the British newspaper Daily Mail on November 22. The military is expressing dissatisfaction on social networks.
The British edition, citing its source, reported that “the delays began after the management decided to merge the customer support departments and employees.” Because of these transformations, workers have become critically scarce.
The newspaper quoted a non-commissioned officer who tried to explain the reason for the delay in payments to naval sailors: “They closed dozens of buildings and left only one center that deals with all transactions. In the end, the only way to get a salary for a Navy soldier is to contact the MyNavy Career Center (MNCC), whose staff is mostly civilian. As a result, the employees cannot cope with the enormous workload, and we cannot receive the money we have earned! “
One soldier told the American Reddit forum that her salary was delayed for one year and four months: “Every time I come to this center, I am told that they are too busy to deal with my problems. The only thing I was advised was to be patient and wait for everything to work itself out, ”complained a US Army soldier. – In May, there was nothing to pay for the apartment, after which I had to move in with my friends, who were allowed to sleep on their couch. I even took out loans to pay bills, which is why now I have a debt of several thousand dollars. How can I get my salary for 16 months? “
Citizens of the United States and Great Britain condemned the devil-may-care attitude of the Navy leadership towards their servicemen. An American user with the nickname Monkeyscrotum ironically remarked: “It’s a funny situation. Do you know who will definitely receive their salary on time? Biden, Congressmen, Senators and other government parasites! In America, there is not a single person who decided to delay their payment for at least one day, – the user expressed his opinion. “It makes me laugh at the thought that these same people have come up with a brilliant idea to pay half a million dollars to illegal immigrants as social assistance, while the American military are forced to do debt to feed themselves!”
SadieCo wrote: “Just don’t pay any congressman a single penny until the delay in payments to the US military is corrected. In this case, this problem will be solved with minimal costs before sunset! “.
A British citizen with the nickname Species 8472 asked the question: “How helpless is the American government if it cannot issue salaries to the military? Aren’t they risking their lives to protect your country? “
Last week, the American news agency Associated Press also reported that 160 thousand US servicemen and their families began to lack food, after which they began to massively take out loans and go into debt. Almost 30% of all military personnel have ever turned to food banks, which provide free food to the poor. This has been the case for the US Army for 20 years now, despite the fact that the United States is the world’s largest economy in terms of GDP per capita.
