Comments on: The Captain Crisis http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/ News & Commentary on Warfare, Policy and Counterterrorism Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:02:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GI http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-25322 GI Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:58:33 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/#comment-25322 A 40% pay increase would be nice but I just don't see it happening. Something the government could do is ensure that when deployed US troops are the highest paid though. Currently there are foreign nations paying their soldiers more in deployment pay then what US troops doing the actual hard dirty work in these war zones are making. US troops in my opinion should always be the highest paid soldiers in any war zone which right now isn't the case. A 40% pay increase would be nice but I just don’t see it happening. Something the government could do is ensure that when deployed US troops are the highest paid though. Currently there are foreign nations paying their soldiers more in deployment pay then what US troops doing the actual hard dirty work in these war zones are making. US troops in my opinion should always be the highest paid soldiers in any war zone which right now isn’t the case.

]]> By: MIMack http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-25299 MIMack Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:12:20 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/#comment-25299 Although I would love to see the 40% raise, I would be far more thrilled with support from our government. And from our country. You are right on the mark. Even the last time I deployed a couple years ago, we had Lts doing Captain's (and Major's) jobs. Even the Marines had problems. I worked with Gunnys with less then 9 years, on their first tour. And although they were able, their lack of experience when coupled with officers without experience, led to some dicey situations. Our National Guard unit had more senior NCOs with more deployment experience then the unit we replaced, which was active Army. But we are not broken, nor do I see us breaking in the near future. The question is... Do we (the USA) want to win the war (on Terrorism) or not. If so, show it, and let us get it done. Although I would love to see the 40% raise, I would be far more thrilled with support from our government. And from our country. You are right on the mark. Even the last time I deployed a couple years ago, we had Lts doing Captain’s (and Major’s) jobs. Even the Marines had problems. I worked with Gunnys with less then 9 years, on their first tour. And although they were able, their lack of experience when coupled with officers without experience, led to some dicey situations. Our National Guard unit had more senior NCOs with more deployment experience then the unit we replaced, which was active Army. But we are not broken, nor do I see us breaking in the near future. The question is… Do we (the USA) want to win the war (on Terrorism) or not. If so, show it, and let us get it done.

]]> By: Smitten Eagle http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-25298 Smitten Eagle Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:50:15 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/03/24/the-captain-crisis/#comment-25298 HS- I'm not sure a 40% pay increase would help much. The problem rather lies at how soldiers & Marines are treated, not how they are paid. Do we treat soldiers & Marines like they are Ends, rather than Means to an end. If we decide to treat them as Ends, we will be responsive to their desires for a dignified life. If you want to keep your officers, you will treat them well, as if they were Ends in themselves. This implies that we take their desires for a decent family life seriously. Smitten Eagle HS-

I’m not sure a 40% pay increase would help much. The problem rather lies at how soldiers & Marines are treated, not how they are paid.

Do we treat soldiers & Marines like they are Ends, rather than Means to an end. If we decide to treat them as Ends, we will be responsive to their desires for a dignified life. If you want to keep your officers, you will treat them well, as if they were Ends in themselves.

This implies that we take their desires for a decent family life seriously.

Smitten Eagle

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