Under the Army's fiscal year 2015 budget request, Soldiers will receive a 1 percent pay increase. Inflation is around 2% while food, commissary and TRICARE prices go up. Our men and women in our military volunteered to put their lives on the line to serve our country. It is disheartening to see foreign countries receive billions of aid each year while our military members are taking a hit at every turn.
http://www.army.mil/article/121217/
In addition, our congressional members are not accepting other more logical money saving ideas and forcing the military to buy tanks or keep ships it says it doesn't need:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/9/lawmakers-force-pentagon-...