(Archived document, may contain errors) 410 March 19, 1985 MI.LITARY. PENSIONS HOW. SCANDALOUS INTRODUCTION In a moment of well-publicized exasperation, Budget Director David Stockman declared that military pensions are alscandalous.va The remark triggered a barrage of attacks on Stockman by some of the biggest guns in the U.S. military, active and retired.