SSgt Gregg Coldsnow 1010047 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-62171"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Frecently-heard-that-500-00-mo-is-deducted-from-the-pay-of-our-overseas-troops-to-pay-for-their-food-due-to-budget-cuts-is-this-true%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Recently+heard+that+%24500.00%2Fmo+is+deducted+from+the+pay+of+our+overseas+troops+to+pay+for+their+food+due+to+budget+cuts.+Is+this+true%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Frecently-heard-that-500-00-mo-is-deducted-from-the-pay-of-our-overseas-troops-to-pay-for-their-food-due-to-budget-cuts-is-this-true&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ARecently heard that $500.00/mo is deducted from the pay of our overseas troops to pay for their food due to budget cuts. Is this true?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/recently-heard-that-500-00-mo-is-deducted-from-the-pay-of-our-overseas-troops-to-pay-for-their-food-due-to-budget-cuts-is-this-true" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="f10130e0e1711b7fe37d1f008604a4b7" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/062/171/for_gallery_v2/fd64c009.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/062/171/large_v3/fd64c009.jpg" alt="Fd64c009" /></a></div></div> Recently heard that $500.00/mo is deducted from the pay of our overseas troops to pay for their food due to budget cuts. Is this true? 2015-10-01T22:56:54-04:00 SSgt Gregg Coldsnow 1010047 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-62171"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Frecently-heard-that-500-00-mo-is-deducted-from-the-pay-of-our-overseas-troops-to-pay-for-their-food-due-to-budget-cuts-is-this-true%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Recently+heard+that+%24500.00%2Fmo+is+deducted+from+the+pay+of+our+overseas+troops+to+pay+for+their+food+due+to+budget+cuts.+Is+this+true%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Frecently-heard-that-500-00-mo-is-deducted-from-the-pay-of-our-overseas-troops-to-pay-for-their-food-due-to-budget-cuts-is-this-true&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ARecently heard that $500.00/mo is deducted from the pay of our overseas troops to pay for their food due to budget cuts. Is this true?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/recently-heard-that-500-00-mo-is-deducted-from-the-pay-of-our-overseas-troops-to-pay-for-their-food-due-to-budget-cuts-is-this-true" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="00aee81b71881eeadccd4931fa89c268" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/062/171/for_gallery_v2/fd64c009.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/062/171/large_v3/fd64c009.jpg" alt="Fd64c009" /></a></div></div> Recently heard that $500.00/mo is deducted from the pay of our overseas troops to pay for their food due to budget cuts. Is this true? 2015-10-01T22:56:54-04:00 2015-10-01T22:56:54-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 1010066 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have buddies overseas and I have yet to hear any truth from this......... Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 11:08 PM 2015-10-01T23:08:27-04:00 2015-10-01T23:08:27-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 1010356 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've been OCONUS for a few years now. The only difference I've seen lately is that the dollar's increasing value has made COLA payments significantly lower (because COLA is paid in dollars and the exchange rate impacts the payment amount; stronger dollar, less COLA). Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 2 at 2015 5:32 AM 2015-10-02T05:32:02-04:00 2015-10-02T05:32:02-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1018863 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Probably that stupid site... dufusblog Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 5 at 2015 8:04 PM 2015-10-05T20:04:10-04:00 2015-10-05T20:04:10-04:00 2015-10-01T22:56:54-04:00