National Guard soldiers still have not been paid for Hurricane deployments
By The Virgin Islands Daily News| December 27th, 2017|Military News, U.S. Army|0 Comments
ST. THOMAS — Heading into the Christmas weekend, members of the V.I. National Guard, who responded alongside police officers and firefighters during the twin hurricanes of 2017, have not been paid for months, officials said Friday.
The problem stems from the nature of the response to the hurricane, said Master Sgt. and National Guard spokeswoman Karen Williams. Because V.I. National Guardsmen are technically federal employees working as contractors for the local government, they have higher requirements for documentation than the average government employee, Williams said.
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