Congress Eyes Extra Pay to Counter Wave of Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in the Yard
28 Jun 2022
Military.com | By Rebecca Kheel and Konstantin Toropin
Soldiers in the frigid arctic and sailors aboard ships undergoing major construction could get extra pay as lawmakers look to respond through must-pass legislation to strings of suicides among service members in Alaska and on the USS George Washington.
Included in the version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, advanced last week by the House Armed Services Committee are provisions to provide new $200 monthly stipends to sailors on ships undergoing nuclear refueling and complex overhauls and $300 monthly stipends to service members "assigned to perform cold weather operations."
The stipends are among several measures in the bill "confronting the epidemic of deaths by suicide of servicemembers in Alaska, on the USS George Washington, and across the military," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., the chair of the House Armed Services Committee's personnel subpanel, said in a statement
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