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Military pay panel hears concerns in Norfolk
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/12/military-pay-panel-hears-concerns-norfolkMilitary pay panel hears concerns in Norfolk
By Dianna Cahn
The Virginian-Pilot
© December 4, 2013
NORFOLK
Despite short notice and a holiday weekend, service members turned out in droves to make sure a commission studying how to streamline military pay and benefits knows what matters to them most.
Many of those who spoke at the hearing with four members of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission described anxiety among the rank-and-file over low military pay and uncertainty about their future jobs.
"That financial distress is actually adversely impacting the integrity of your force," LeCresha Dunnings, who works for the Fleet and Family Service Center in Norfolk, told the panel members.
"Our goal is to retain military members," she added. "Unfortunately, sometimes - and we are seeing that increasingly - it's easier for them to get out to take care of their families."
