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American Legion: DoD budget cuts will hurt military benefits

The American Legion believes the Obama administration has broken its promise to keep Americas Armed Forces the best trained, best led, best-equipped fighting force in history by cutting the 2013 U.S. Department of Defense budget by 8 percent from 2012.

By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on February 16, 2012

The American Legion believes the Obama administration has broken its promise to keep America’s “Armed Forces the best trained, best led, best-equipped fighting force in history” by cutting the 2013 U.S. Department of Defense budget by 8 percent from 2012.

“To keep the best fighting force, you must recruit and retain the best people,” National Commander Fang Wong said. “By increasing, and in some cases, quadrupling health insurance fees for military retirees, you are sending a powerful message to those in uniform and to their families that their decades of service and sacrifice are unappreciated. Moreover, most believe that the Retirement Modernization Commission that this budget recommends will lead to a 401(K)-type plan, which will encourage people to leave the military for a safer and less demanding career in the private sector. ‘Grandfathering’ benefit cuts merely tells tomorrow’s veterans that their service isn’t as valuable as those who served before them.”

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