[2banana]

Guys in uniform traveling for the government are are on FULL per diem and have their meals covered.

[NELSON111]

Don’t have to be in uniform to get per diem. I rarely travel in uniform due to OPSEC concerns. And if your travel on orders is just 1 day (for instance...I am flying to Seattle)...you get 75% per diem for travel days. I always calculate it like this: If my TDy is 7 days long...and I have 1 travel day on the front end and another on the back end...I take the per diem amount for the location and multiply by 6.5. that will tell me what my per diem check will be.

[Mercat]

hmmm You sort of missed the point.

[UCANSEE2]

Guys in uniform traveling for the government are are on FULL per diem and have their meals covered.

Well.... the youngster didn't offer to pay his meal tab. He gave the soldier the $20 to do with as he needed.

The soldier didn't use it on his bill. He 'payed it forward' to another deserving individual, in honor of what the child did for him.

[Mr. K]

but guys in uniform traveling home to meet their families are not on full per-diem, and they get paid less than minimum wage.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Guys in uniform traveling for the government are are on FULL per diem and have their meals covered

And WTF is your point?

[leapfrog0202]

I think you need to read this again.

Besides how would an 8 year old know that and where was paying for this man’s lunch even mentioned?

[SFC Chromey]

...and not only missing the point of the story, know that NG and Reserves in uniform aren’t always on orders.

[Hot Tabasco]

Guys in uniform traveling for the government are are on FULL per diem and have their meals covered.

Thanks for the info which by the way has nothing to do with this great story.........

LTC Dailey is assigned to the Ohio ANG there in Toledo so he's not on a TDY assignment........But you knew that.....LOL!

BUT, maybe as an officer he has an expense account? I'm sure you know the answer to that question.....What do you think?