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Will DoD reconsider including BAH in income calculations for the Basic Needs Allowance eligibility?

(The Center Square) – Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, and Congressman Jimmy Panetta, D-CA, have introduced two new bills to help feed military service members and their families.

The Department of Defense says 1 out of every 4 service members in the U.S. military experience food insecurity, meaning they don’t have enough money to put food on the table.

Service members should know how their pay and benefits have changed in 2023, whether its for health care, retirement, education, housing or something else.

DEVASTATING FIRE IN WOODSIDE; 9 INJURED: A massive fire on 59th Street in Woodside on Tuesday, March 7 resulted in 200-plus-person response, 9 injured firefighters and 18 displaced residents. Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris issued this statement following a fire that injured nine FDNY firefighters and displaced eighteen area residents: “Last night’s devastating fire caused

The bill addresses a problem advocates have pointed to that blocks low-income military families from using the program.

The Pentagon’s QRMC will take at least two years to complete but maybe longer as previous studies have taken as much as 71 months.

The study — known as the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation — is conducted every four years to examine whether military pay and other benefits are suitable. The review is Biden’s first as president.

Boosting pay for junior enlisted service members and improving military housing conditions will be among the priorities of the new subpanel, its leader told Military.com.

In the military, one of the most stressful parts of relocating to a new assignment, second only to finding a home, is securing child care.