1.   Both candidates have promised to raise active duty pay.

2.   In fact, the VFW worked with McCain last year to get hardship duty pay for troops currently searching for American remains in Vietnam.

3.   --Improvements in hazardous duty pay, inconvenience pay, overtime meal allowances and standby pay.

4.   The force demanded an emergency Cabinet meeting to approve the overtime and hazardous duty pay.

5.   The Treasury Department said the December total was swelled by accelerated payments of military active duty pay, veterans benefits and supplemental security income payments.