Stormy and Cold
January 6th, 2009
Today has been a rainy and cold day here in the Memphis area. We have been hovering around the freezing mark and ice has formed on the trees. When you walk outside you can feel the chill attempt to make its way to your bones. Gloomy is a good way to describe it.
It is when we have weather like this we find ourselves reminiscing about our time in Iceland. For two and a half years my family and I lived on the naval air station in Keflavik. I was stationed at NATO Satcom, NSGT F-15. A ground satellite terminal with the big dish and everything.
Summers there were somewhat mild, I think the warmest day we experienced while there was about (Read the rest of the article…)
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Happy New Year 2009
January 1st, 2009
Ahh, another year is upon us. 2009 should prove to be one of the more interesting years. The year will start by ushering in a new president, comparatively inexpensive gas prices, corporation bailouts and the potential for more stimulus programs.
I believe 2009 will end with a very interesting 2010 budget battle and the politics of earmarks and such. The subject most near and dear to my heart will concern the military benefits and pay issues. Now that the election is over… I wonder.
Over the last few years President Bush has used the Employment Cost Index (ECI) published by the Department of Labor to determine his proposals to congress for military pay raises. President-elect Obama has yet to demonstrate what his methodology may be. For the last few years, in an effort to close the gap with the private sector, congress has increased each proposal by .5% – but, with the tenuous economic situation in the United States, 2010 will be fascinating to watch. With companies like FEDEX having their employees take a 5% pay cut I wonder if this may be the year we see no raises at all…
I put together basic pay charts showing a 2.9% raise for 2010 based on the ECI. I will of (Read the rest of the article…)
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