The U.S. Army today released its Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Financial Report, which includes results from the annual financial statement audit for its general fund and working capital fund. Although
The Army Wants To Pay You to Stomach MREs in the Name of Science
Oh, yes. I am so all for this. As the child of a former member of the United States Army who will proudly admit to having eaten her fair share of MREs and okra and whatever else my dad would challenge me to eat, I am for this all the way.
I vividly remember when my dad would talk about those who were not part of the military family and he would call them civilians. And, I remember all the times my dad and his buddies would bring home mysterious looking green metal containers and tan-colored packages filled with food that smelled anything but appetizing and how they d joke about how big, bad, and tough they were for being able to stomach the contents of their tins and packets and how civilians would turn up their nose and turn down bets to try the stuff.
The Army Wants To Pay You to Stomach MREs in the Name of Science
Oh, yes. I am so all for this. As the child of a former member of the United States Army who will proudly admit to having eaten her fair share of MREs and okra and whatever else my dad would challenge me to eat, I am for this all the way.
I vividly remember when my dad would talk about those who were not part of the military family and he would call them civilians. And, I remember all the times my dad and his buddies would bring home mysterious looking green metal containers and tan-colored packages filled with food that smelled anything but appetizing and how they d joke about how big, bad, and tough they were for being able to stomach the contents of their tins and packets and how civilians would turn up their nose and turn down bets to try the stuff.
5 The Defense Military Pay Offices (DMPO), Lead Defense Travel Administrators (LDTA) and some supporting staff currently assigned to Defense Finance and Accounting Service will transition to the United States Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM) in October.
This change enables the Army to fully support field-level Military Pay and the Defense Travel System (DTS) in a way that is consistent with how the other military services perform these missions on bases in the United States and overseas.
Employees currently working for DFAS will transfer at their current series, grade, and geographic location and become Army employees, working for USAFMCOM, once the transition is complete.