<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bdschobel:
Just for clarification, I don't begrudge our military personnel one cent that they receive, from the government (tax dollars) or from their regular employers. I do believe that paying these highly trained folks to stand around at airport security checkpoints looking really serious is a complete waste of their time and should be stopped immediately. Either station them where they are really needed or send them back home. It would be better for them and for us.
Bruce</font>
If you've seen the rates for police details at overtime pay, you'd realize that calling up the National Guard is really a low cost alternative for a show of force at airports.