Maine (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 BRUNSWICK 669 … [Read more...]
2012 BAH Louisiana
Louisiana (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 … [Read more...]
Portrait of ‘Old Glory’ Rose Over Iwo Jima 67 Years Ago Today
February 22, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Five Marines and a Navy corpsman were etched into American history Feb. 23, 1945, when they raised the American flag over Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The prevailing hoist, captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, became one … [Read more...]
51-Year-Old Mom Holds Her Own During Basic Combat Training
February 22, 2012 By Melissa K Buckley FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Sgt. Sandra Coast graduated from Basic Combat Training on Fort Leonard Wood, officially beginning her Army career - at 51 years old. According to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, the average age for an Army Reserve recruit is about 23, making Coast one of the oldest people to go through Basic Combat … [Read more...]
How Writing Helps Veterans Heal
February 21, 2012 By Ms. Jacqueline Hames, Soldiers Magazine WASHINGTON -- "You can tell the extroverted writers; they are the ones that stare at your shoes while they are talking to you, while the introverted writers stare at their own shoes," Ron Capps, founder of and instructor with the Veterans Writing Project, joked during a weekend seminar. The borrowed classroom on … [Read more...]