For the first time in American history part of the military will work without pay

[Phaedrus]

@WorldWatcher

@Phaedrus

@Snow96

Two of the three things I put are correct.

They are NOT getting paid as military. I know this because the defense authorization act had funded military pay until September 30, 2019.

Under the law I posted, they answer to the secretary of the department they are under (currently Homeland security).

So they are quasi military since they are not being paid under the defense authorization act that is currently paying members of the military.

Just curious: why are you working so hard to justify not paying members of the Coast Guard? I served for 4 years in the 70s. During peacetime, their mission is primarily maritime safety including search and rescue, and law enforcement (fisheries and drug interdiction). They’re essentially the maritime PD and FD, with all that entails. It can be dangerous work, for modest pay as it is. And if you doubt their bona fides as a military service, do a little research on their roles in World War II and Vietnam.

It is NOT okay that they’re being used as pawns in Trump’s little game of budget chicken.

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It’s to de-emphasize that the Coast Guard is a military service and for the first time in out countries history (according to the CG Admiral) it’s the first time a branch of the military hasn’t been paid in a timely manner because the GOP President, GOP Senate, and GOP House failed to pass appropriations to fund their pay.
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I understand that. My counterpoint is that it’s a distinction without a difference. Every day that I served, my unit operated as a military service, in anticipation of the need to be put on a wartime footing under the Navy.

[Impenitent]

who paid the American military from 1776 - 1787?

[WorldWatcher]

@Impenitent

who paid the American military from 1776 - 1787?

The Continental Congress. The Constitution wasn’t ratified until 1788.
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[Forcefield]

Man leave it to the diehards to respond to this news with “well that part of the military sux anyway”

[Bodecea]

@CanadianJudo

for the first time part of the American armed services will be required to work without pay as the shutdown keep going without an end in sight.

As Coast Guard paychecks went undelivered Tuesday as the result of an ongoing partial government shutdown, the service’s top officer urged its members to stay the course.

In a public letter published Tuesday afternoon on his social media pages, Adm. Karl Schultz said the day’s missed paycheck, to his knowledge, marked the first time in the history of the nation “that service members in a U.S. Armed Force have not been paid during a lapse in government appropriations.”

For First Time in Recent History, a US Military Service Is Working Without Pay

And tiny trump is proud. Conservative republicans are proud.

[Bodecea]

@reflechissez

13 pro-military posts gone on a right-wing forum. Makes perfect sense.

It’s called…being pro-military when it’s convenient.