Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) is meant to offset costs for a member's meals. BAS entitlement continues for service members while hospitalized. This allowance is based in the historic origins of the military in which the military provided room and board (or rations) as part of a member's pay. This allowance is not intended to offset the costs of meals for family members. … [Read more...]
2012 Reserve Pay Day/Statement Schedule
The following table shows the DFAS schedule of military pay periods and scheduled pay days for 2012. Pay Period Mid-month Pay Day LES Available End of Month Pay Day LES Available January Jan. 13 Jan. 6 Feb. 1 Jan. 25 … [Read more...]
2012 Active Duty Pay Day/Statement Schedule
The following table shows the DFAS schedule of military pay periods and scheduled pay days for 2012. We've added the dates your Net Pay Advice (NPA) (for mid-month paydays) and Leave and Earnings Statements (for end-of-month paydays) will be available in myPay. IMPORTANT NOTE: Military members in a transient or Permanent Change of Station (PCS) status … [Read more...]
‘War Hero with a Heart of Gold’
May 15, 2012 By Cpl. Katherine M. Solano , 2nd Marine Logistics Group CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Enthusiastic, respectful, mentor, intuitive, role model and friend are words that cannot begin to describe one combat engineer who retired from the Marine Corps at the Beirut Memorial in Jacksonville, N.C., May 11. His peers, supervisors and subordinates found no shortage of … [Read more...]
Part-Time Firefighter, Full-Time Marine
5/14/2012 By Cpl. Bruno J. Bego , 2nd Marine Logistics Group CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - For centuries now, Marines have built their reputation of being professional warriors who are capable of performing and succeeding at everything they do. Contributing remarkably to that legacy is Gunnery Sgt. Donald L. Garrison Jr., the headquarters company first sergeant with 2nd Maintenance … [Read more...]