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172nd could be reimbursed for extended tours

Sep- 8-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By Rick Maze, Army Times

Members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team who suffered financial hardships when the Army extended their Iraq tours at the last minute could be reimbursed for financial losses under a Senate-passed amendment.

The proposal, approved Thursday by voice vote as an amendment to the 2007 defense appropriations bill, allows the Army to reimburse expenses for a service member if the cost is the result of a good faith and reasonable preparation for the unit’s return to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, the unit’s home. There is no limit on how much a family could receive.

Alaska’s two senators, Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski, both Republicans, cosponsored the amendment.

Under the proposal, which is not final unless also approved by the House of Representatives and signed into law, reimbursement would be allowed only when there has been no other reimbursement of expenses and when there is no other provision of law that provides help.

The reimbursement would be available only to soldiers assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, which was supposed to come home from Iraq in late July but had its Iraq deployment extended for 120 days because of an increase in violence in Baghdad.


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