Colorado (FY2012) Find your Location and the corresponding Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) in the pay tables below. All pay is listed in terms of dollars per month. Enlisted Personnel (Without Dependents) Location E-1 E-2 E-3 E-4 E-5 E-6 E-7 E-8 E-9 DENVER 1041 … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
Wounded Warriors Enjoy Super Bowl Party Festivities
Super Bowl festivities were in full swing last night at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center here, as hundreds of wounded warriors and their families gathered for the big game. The party, the largest since the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center here merged in September, featured live entertainment, celebrity … [Read more...]
Former Marine Corp Sargeant Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Military Equipment
February 6, 2012 WASHINGTON – A former U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) gunnery sergeant was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for conspiring to steal at least 55 electrical generators from USMC bases in Iraq in 2008. Eric Scott Hamilton, 40, of Carrollton, Ga., also was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs in Greenville, S.C., to three years of supervised … [Read more...]
President and First Lady Host Dinner Honoring Troops
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a dinner at the White House to honor our Armed Forces who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn and to honor their families. This dinner --- an expression of the nation's gratitude for the achievements and enormous sacrifices of the brave Americans who served in the … [Read more...]
Obama Announces Program to Hire Vets as First Responders
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. American Forces Press Service ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 6, 2012 - Obama continued his commitment to improving employment among veterans by introducing an initiative to hire them as the country’s first responders. "In my State of the Union address, I proposed a new initiative called the Veterans Jobs Corps to put veterans back to work … [Read more...]