【8月12日】看軍聞學英語

■泰戈爾

原文：

As the U.S. remains at war with Iran, the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request has raised the prospect of a significant increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in regions that put them at risk of taking hostile fire or other job-related dangers.

As first reported by Stars and Stripes, Army and Air Force budget request breakdowns describe increases to the extra pays earned by troops in harm’s way. Service members can earn either hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay, but not both. The payments are based on location and are calculated by the day - $7.50 per day up to a maximum of $225 per month.

Documents explaining the Air Force budget request describe allocations for "increases for military special and incentive pay, including hostile fire/imminent danger pay."

While the service does not further detail the increase within budget justification documents, it does add that the Pentagon has "increased Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay rates to the maximum statutory threshold," effective as of the start of Fiscal Year 2027.

中譯：

隨著美國與伊朗之間仍處戰爭狀態，五角大廈2027財政年度的預算申請案提出了一項可能性：顯著調升派駐高風險地區官兵的每月津貼。這些地區的官兵面臨敵方砲火威脅或其他與職務相關的危險。

根據《星條旗報》首度報導，陸軍與空軍的預算申請細目中，描述了針對身處險境官兵所增設的額外加給。軍人可領取「敵火加給」或「迫切危險加給」其中之一，但不得重複領取。這些給付依據地點而定，並按日計算—每日7.50美元，每月上限為225美元。

空軍預算申請的說明文件中，分配了用於「增加軍事特殊及獎勵加給，包括敵火／迫切危險加給」的款項。

雖然軍方未在預算證明文件中進一步說明增加的細節，但確實補充提到，五角大廈已將「敵火加給與迫切危險加給的費率提高至法定最高門檻」，並將於2027年開始生效。

關鍵軍語

※fiscal year：財政年度

※hostile fire pay：敵火加給