Yet when they kill allied forces the same way, i.e. the 3 Brit soldiers this week - they don't pay a cent. Is this right and proper?
2007-08-26 04:00:09 · 11 answers · asked by Texas_Tony 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I have been out only ten years and from what i have already read when i got out wow folks are way off base.
The US Government does not pay compensation to anyone.
They do however give the insurance to the family or who ever the soldier has requested it to go to. It is life insurance just like everyone else is allowed to get. If the three Brits had life insurance in there military i am sure the family's will get it otherwise their is no provisions for any compensation. What good would compensation for fallen soldiers do they can't spend it and won't bring them back to life stuff happens Thats why they have life insurance. This assist the family defay the cost of there loss it is not designed to make the family rich.
2007-08-26 04:16:44 · answer #1 · answered by ASmiles1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Last I checked, the US government paid the families of soldiers killed by friendly fire the exact same amount they pay the families of soldiers killed by enemy fire - not much. There's a small stipend to help defray the cost of the funeral and not much more.
The British soldiers killed by allied forces are not American citizens and therefor not employed by the federal government and therefor not entitled to taxpayer benefits.
The real crime here - is that US soldiers killed by friendly fire are not included in the casualty count because they are considered "non-battle related casualties". The US government has continued this practice since Viet Nam. So, if your son or daughter is serving in the Middle East and they have the misfortune of being killed by their own people, they don't count. Makes one wonder what the real casualty count is over there and what else the government is lying to us about.
2007-08-26 04:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by odechiro 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The British government should take care of their own. They chose to send their people into this conflict so it's their responsibility to make sure compensation is paid to those (of their own) that die in this conflict (whether by friendly fire on our part or on their part or as a result of battle).
Besides, does the (or would) the British government ever pay any money to an American family that was killed by a British soldier (if it were deemed friendly fire?).
2007-08-26 05:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only compensation the family get of a soldier killed is the death Gratuity and SGLI no matter if it was fratricide or from enemy action. so if the British Soldiers pay into our SGLI then sure than can what is due them but there government pays the life insurance.
2007-08-26 05:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by SSGAllan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What compensation? The life insurance? It's not as if the Allied forces would pay US family members if they are accidentally shot by a non US servicemember.
2007-08-26 04:06:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The US Government takes care of the families of the Soldiers killed while serving the USA. It doesnt matter why they die -- combat in Iraq or a traffic accident in Kansas.
It is the responsibility of any other nation to take care of the families that serve that nation.
2007-08-26 05:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by SMBR 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not...they should pay regardless of nationality. Our allies choose to fight with us as brothers in arms, and their families should be compensated. Of course, getting the Bush administration to ADMIT that it was friendly fire is the difficult part...
2007-08-26 04:08:01 · answer #7 · answered by Spirit 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not that Im aware of. Soldiers pay for SGLI (life insurance) but thats it.
2007-08-26 04:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by mnbvcxz52773 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life insurance is what they are entitled to. My daughter is serving in Iraq and she checked in to prior to going there
2007-08-26 04:12:48 · answer #9 · answered by John 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes.
it doesn't matter who kills, it's who's killed.
all us forces get money from the government for being killed in action.
2007-08-26 04:10:09 · answer #10 · answered by brian 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋