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Rod,

The short answer is "No".  Pay costs are essentially fixed, at least in the 
short term.  But subsistence (mostly food and incidentals (including 
uniforms and the like) costs vary with where the unit or vessel is.  It's a lot 
cheaper to take on food pierside in the states than to UNREP from an AK in the 
Indian Ocean.  And fuel costs are the third and big ticket item.  I spent 
most of my 32 years in the Reserves.  The last 20 was in the Mine Force 
(mostly shore billets).  But part of the first 10 was in the NRF and many a 
weekend we spent pierside because the DD lacked OPTAR funds for fuel to get 
underway.  And if the fuel oil had to be transported to the Indian Ocean it would 
have been far worse.

In a message dated 11/6/2010 10:46:31 PM Central Daylight Time, 
revcom at wbsnet.org writes: 
> 
> But doesn't it cost so much per day to run the fleet, regardless of where
> they are?  Sailers like to eat.
> I really don't see where it is such a big deal.  Besides, it is the
> President of the USA. No matter who the man is, it is the office that is
> represented. U.S.A.
> 
> Rod
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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