Guam Military allowance to decrease
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Department of Defense will start reducing the Overseas Cost-of-Living Allowance, or OCOLA, for service members in Guam on May 15, Del. James Moylan
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HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Department of Defense will start reducing the Overseas Cost-of-Living Allowance, or OCOLA, for service members in Guam on May 15, Del. James Moylan
At issue are the overseas COLAs the Pentagon uses to ensure military members are compensated fairly, regardless of their duty station.
New law limits reductions to overseas COLA to no more than once every six months.
New law limits reductions to overseas COLA to no more than once every six months.
Service branches in Hawaii are urging active-duty troops to complete a cost-of-living questionnaire by month’s end that could adjust a drastic reduction in service members’ cost-of-living allowances.