The Pentagon should overhaul its combat pay system to provide more money to the younger enlisted troops who face the most danger on combat deployments, according to a recently released report.

The current system is unfair because a large share of the financial benefits for deployed troops go to the more senior officers in places that pose few risks, according to the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, an influential study required by law every four years.

“There is little correlation between exposure to danger and compensation benefits,” concluded the report released Thursday, the 11th in a series.

Congress and the Pentagon should consider a series of measures to “strengthen the relationship between combat and compensation so that combat compensation more appropriately rewards those service members who face the greatest possibility of being injured or losing their lives as a result of hostile action.”Click here to read more

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