Gay troops prep for September marriage spree, put wedding parties on ice

[koalabear]

A marriage license will allow Jones to qualify for "base allowance housing," under which the military subsidizes service members' off-base apartments so long as they are legally married or are raising a child or children. That alone saves the couple about $700 per month, Jones said. And as a military spouse, Nelson's college tuition will be federally covered, instantly saving her an additional $4,000 per semester.

If Nelson falls ill after she's married, she can receive her medical treatment at Ford Hood thanks to her new military-family identification card and the official military decal she'll receive for her car. Currently, she must pay for medications out of pocket. The couple has been together for a year and a half, meeting two months before Jones headed to basic training.

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[koalabear]

Single folk in the military get BAH too.

It's about the beenies, not love.

 

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[koalabear]

How did you know I wasn't talking about self love.



That's been decided since July.

I was on the Schnitt Show. We got the All Hands email from Hagel and company 10 minutes before knock off. I got on the horn and told Todd about it. Breaking fucking news from the JAJ.

I even let Islandman and a few others listen to it.

They said I was articulate or something like that. They always take a hit at the JAJ when they can.

PERVERT!!!!!!!

 

[Sean Renaud]

Single folk in the military get BAH too.

Granted I've been out for a few years but most military didn't get BAH when I was in. You had to either be an E-6 or married or have children to rate. A lot of guys got married just for the bennies.

It's about the beenies, not love.

Yes it is. I don't see why me calling up a girl from High School and paying her $200 bucks a month to not marry anybody else is any different from me paying my best friend $200 bucks to do the same.

 

[koalabear]

Granted I've been out for a few years but most military didn't get BAH when I was in. You had to either be an E-6 or married or have children to rate. A lot of guys got married just for the bennies.



Yes it is. I don't see why me calling up a girl from High School and paying her $200 bucks a month to not marry anybody else is any different from me paying my best friend $200 bucks to do the same.

Come back when you are sober.

 

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[Sean Renaud]

My wife works in finance for the AF.

It's at the E-4 level.

Single.

Neat. I was a Marine, E4s didn't rate (in 2003-2005) for that. They had to live on base in the barracks. I don't know if that was an AF thing or if times have changed over the last decade. If I had rated I would have lived at home with my folks and paid someone on base to let me crash during the week and made out like a goddamn bandit.