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Originally Posted by wow
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Caring for the All-Volunteer Force, Our Wounded Warriors, and Their Families
Compensates servicemembers. 3.4 percent pay raise for military personnel, bringing the total basic pay increases since 2001 to about 37 percent.
Provides high quality medical care. $42.8 billion in resources, including $10 billion in mandatory funding, for the Defense Health Program, more than doubling the 2001 level, to ensure that the brave volunteers who serve our country get the high quality medical care that they deserve.
Sustains the health care system. Aligns military health care premiums and copayments for retirees under age 65 with general health insurance plans to ensure the sustainability of a high quality health care system for our military while preventing unnecessary tradeoffs with critical military capabilities.
Cares for wounded warriors. Continues to implement recommendations made by the President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors.
Supports servicemembers and their families. Provides for activities such as family support programs and child care programs for military dependents. DOD is committed to providing military families with a quality of life that is commensurate with their service, and recognizes that the strength of our soldiers is reinforced by the strength of their families.
Budget FY 2009 - Department of Defense
Out of a $515b defense budget it looks like they ought to be able to take care of the wounded troops....and PTSD is a wound. The guy who thinks he is going to screw them out of care needs to be relieved of his position and get in line with what the American people want for the troops. Spend the money here instead of in Iraq.