Pay Increases for Military Personnel: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, May 7, 1981 |
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1973 to fiscal 5.3 percent pay across-the across-the-board pay raise administration Air Force All-Volunteer Force Armed Services Army basic pay bill budget capita costs allocated career force Chairman COFFEY committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consider cost computation based cost-of-living Department of Defense effect end strength enlisted careerists enlisted personnel fiscal year 1982 Flying duty GI bill going graduated pay raise HALE high school diplomas hold high school impact improve incentive pays inflation JAMES EXON KORB LIBRARY OF CONGRESS manpower problems meet members are receiving Military Occupation Specialties military personnel million Navy numbers of careerists numbers of enlisted occupations October officer pay grade percent pay raise private sector proficiency pay proposed recruiting and retention recruiting goals reenlistment bonuses salaries Senator ARMSTRONG Senator COHEN Senator ExON Senator JEPSEN Senator NUNN Senator QUAYLE shortages shortfalls special pay increase special pay raise specialty subcommittee talking targeted testimony variable housing allowance
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Page 36 - That is all I have. Mr. WOOD. Any reason why the witness should not be excused from further attendance on the committee ? Mr. TAVENNER. No, sir. Mr. WOOD. It is so ordered. The committee will stand in recess for 15 minutes. (A brief recess was taken, after which the hearing was resumed with Congressmen Wood, Walter, Moulder, Frazier, Velde, and Jackson present. ) Mr. WOOD. Counsel, are you ready to proceed ? Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. William Esterman, please. Mr. ESTERMAN. I would like a little more room...
Page 20 - Mr. Chairman, that concludes my prepared statement I would be happy to answer any questions at this time.
Page 4 - It is that it would compound the existing problem of compensation. In addition it could be that an across-the-board pay increase would put us in a position of overpaying at both ends of the military spectrum, that is at the bottom and top, while continuing to underpay in the noncommissioned officer grades where the personnel shortages are the most acute.
Page 18 - The 5.3-percent pay raise will demonstrate in a convincing manner, to the men and women of the armed services, that this administration cares and is committed to work with the Congress in making up for a decade of neglect of their needs.
Page 18 - Targeting the raise is not the answer. The purpose of targeting is to deal with specific needs and problems. More targeting will simply raise the frustration level of the "have nots" who will perceive that they have been left out in the cold.
Page 6 - But all the hardware in the world is only so much icing on a hot cake without the right numbers of the right kind of men and women to operate it.
Page 18 - A 5.3-percent pay raise will help to restore military compensation to the level we committed ourselves to when we created the AVF.
Page 33 - I think three of you mentioned the term readiness. Why is it the DOD does not request more money than it does for nearterm readiness, O. & M. ? General JONES. I think you would have to ask the Secretary of Defense that question. We have some increases in the readiness area in the 1981 budget and I anticipate greater increases in the 1982 budget. We share the responsibility between the Defense Department and the Congress. Last year, for example, the Appropriations Committee Mr. DAN DANIEL. I'm aware...
Page 2 - I think the administration is on the right track by suggesting an increase in military compensation.
Page 41 - ... (Career personnel are defined as those with more than four years of...