Yet another group who will have to wait to get paid. (This one made me cry)

[Stonepounder]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/us-soldier-death-benefits-shutdown/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2nSeuebSexeG1-Hqc5jnx24-I-QHb9ljB0BoFGyeK6vadDcgzlfq9uyV0

Mourning military families won't get government death benefits

"Washington (CNN)The first two military families who will not receive death benefits because of the government shutdown have been named.

1st Lt. Clayton R. Cullen, of Indiana, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) Kevin F. Burke, of California, who were both assigned to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, were killed on Saturday when their Apache helicopter crashed in a training accident at Fort Irwin, California.

Under a government shutdown, the Department of Defense has no authority to pay death benefits to these families," chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White told CNN on Sunday. A US defense official confirmed to CNN that the families of the Fort Irwin crash will not receive the emergency $100,000 death benefit.

As well as the payment, the benefits include funeral and burial reimbursements. It also includes a gratuity for travel to funeral or memorial services -- or to Dover Air Force Base, where the bodies of troops who die overseas are typically sent.

A charity has stepped in and has said they will provide the benefits to the families. They ware still waiting for the DoD to contact them.

[Pachamama]

1. This makes me so angry....

We are truly a Banana Republic thanks to Trump and the GOP....

[Stonepounder]

4. I couldn't decide if I was totally pissed or suffering a broken heart.

I finally decided on both, but didn't have a word for it.

[Demovictory9]

2. k&r

[sheshe2]

3. Yep.

Think I will cry to, Stonepounder. Veterans can not even be buried or grieved in peace.

[Cha]

5. ...

[calimary]

6. Oh. My. God.

Adding insult to injury, times 5.7 BILLION.

[DFW]

7. Republicans call this "collateral damage."

They simply do not care.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. Wilbur Ross would advise them to go get a loan.....

to cover those expenses.

GOP will furnish 100,000 thoughts and prayers for them to use as collateral at their bank.

[rusty quoin]

8. A charity has stepped in. That's the new normal.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. K&R. Heartbreaking news.

GOP apathy and cruelty knows no bounds.......

Our deepest sympathy and love go out to those families in their time of suffering...... ......

[djacq]

11. This is all kind of wrong!

[Achilleaze]

12. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief always pisses on our US military

what a disgrace. republicans have no honor to support this disgraceful clown and his mucking around with American democracy, and the families of our fallen soldiers.