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Ongoing cost of the U.S. bases in Korea isn't likely an issue. You have to house those troops somewhere and bringing them back to the U.S. would require buildin
by anemitz 12y ago
Ongoing cost of the U.S. bases in Korea isn't likely an issue. You have to house those troops somewhere and bringing them back to the U.S. would require building and/or expanding of existing domestic facilities so the economics would make keeping the existing bases ideal.
- riffraff 12y agoI'm not sure how it works for the US army but don't people get "mission" wages which are many times the base wage they'd get if they were at home?
- WatchDog 12y agoThey get hazardous duty pay if they are serving in a hazardous zone, I dont think they get anything extra for serving at a peaceful base, no matter where it is.
- anemitz 12y agoNot an expert but based on my research it doesn't seem like this is a meaningful number at an individual level or at the aggregate base level: http://www.militaryrates.com/military-pay-incentives http://www.militaryrates.com/military-pay-incentives