Comments on: Average 4.2% Increase in 2011 BAH http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah Navy Recruiting Blog about the enlistment process and benefits of service. This is NOT an official Navy web site. The opinions expressed are my own, and may not be in-line with Big Navy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-8206 Patrick Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:03:06 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-8206 I wish people would stop complaining. I've been in 12 years and I make pretty good money. I am also enlisted so pulling 3200 in base pay and 1400 in BAH and another 250 for BAH. Why do people complain so much. Stop living outside your means and budget like the rest of America. I have friends who are not in the military struggling on less then $1000 a month. I say fix military pay to inflation .... its fair. I wouldn't mind getting a 3% pay raise but who wouldn't but honestly it is unfair to keep giving us more and more money while so many people are living without, so many people are being asked to do more to help the deficit situation. Too many people are paying little or no or negative taxes. By negative I am talking about the slew of of neighbors who were deployed half the year and because of tax laws end up paying $1k in taxes for the year and getting $8k back. End all these tax breaks because paying $2 - 3k in taxes the whole year is not a big deal. Too many people have a sense of entitlement in this country and in the military and it needs to stop. Tell politicians to stop tacking pet projects onto bills and just vote of the bill itself not because you are going to get a new park or statue in your district. I wish people would stop complaining. I’ve been in 12 years and I make pretty good money. I am also enlisted so pulling 3200 in base pay and 1400 in BAH and another 250 for BAH. Why do people complain so much. Stop living outside your means and budget like the rest of America. I have friends who are not in the military struggling on less then $1000 a month.

I say fix military pay to inflation …. its fair. I wouldn’t mind getting a 3% pay raise but who wouldn’t but honestly it is unfair to keep giving us more and more money while so many people are living without, so many people are being asked to do more to help the deficit situation.

Too many people are paying little or no or negative taxes. By negative I am talking about the slew of of neighbors who were deployed half the year and because of tax laws end up paying $1k in taxes for the year and getting $8k back. End all these tax breaks because paying $2 – 3k in taxes the whole year is not a big deal. Too many people have a sense of entitlement in this country and in the military and it needs to stop.

Tell politicians to stop tacking pet projects onto bills and just vote of the bill itself not because you are going to get a new park or statue in your district.

]]> By: E5AV http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-7679 E5AV Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:55:32 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-7679 Let me add that I am married with 1 child and for a long time I was the only bread winner in my household. My military paycheck was enough as a 4 year senior airman to provide for my family, pay almost a $400 a month car payment, credit cards, rent, buy food, and buy gas at over $4.00 a gallon. Its hard but it can be done people don't depend on something that isn't there and disappoint yourselfs when it isn't what you expected. Let me add that I am married with 1 child and for a long time I was the only bread winner in my household. My military paycheck was enough as a 4 year senior airman to provide for my family, pay almost a $400 a month car payment, credit cards, rent, buy food, and buy gas at over $4.00 a gallon. Its hard but it can be done people don’t depend on something that isn’t there and disappoint yourselfs when it isn’t what you expected.

]]> By: E5AV http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-7678 E5AV Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:49:31 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-7678 The way I look at the situation is like this, if you really NEED more than a 1.4% increase in your pay then you are already in financial trouble, if your BAH decreased by $65 and that puts you in a financial constraint then you were already in trouble and were not planning appropriately for this declining economy. If your living outside of your means in this stage of the economy shame on you, pay off those debts and have more of your income to work with rather than having no income to work with. Building debt is mostly the reason why we are in this stage of the economy. As military members we get paid BAH, BAS, and Basic pay; as a civilian you DON'T get BAH and BAS but you still have to pay your rent, health insurance premium, and buy food. Be happy with what you have and what you get because it can easily be taken away. The way I look at the situation is like this, if you really NEED more than a 1.4% increase in your pay then you are already in financial trouble, if your BAH decreased by $65 and that puts you in a financial constraint then you were already in trouble and were not planning appropriately for this declining economy. If your living outside of your means in this stage of the economy shame on you, pay off those debts and have more of your income to work with rather than having no income to work with. Building debt is mostly the reason why we are in this stage of the economy. As military members we get paid BAH, BAS, and Basic pay; as a civilian you DON’T get BAH and BAS but you still have to pay your rent, health insurance premium, and buy food. Be happy with what you have and what you get because it can easily be taken away.

]]> By: NCCM(ret) http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-6478 NCCM(ret) Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:18:13 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-6478 Mark, Your BAH should not go down. Servicemembers will only see increases in BAH, never a decrease (unless you get busted) - the new BAH rate is for members who transfer in, your old rate is grandfathered. Mark,

Your BAH should not go down. Servicemembers will only see increases in BAH, never a decrease (unless you get busted) – the new BAH rate is for members who transfer in, your old rate is grandfathered.

]]> By: mark http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-6475 mark Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:43:03 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-6475 I would just like to say I am stationed in Corpus Christi TX, they just dropped our BAH down because they said it was to high. It was 1200 it is now 1180 in this area. I have two kids and a wife. The only suitable place I could find for rent while waiting for base houseing to open is a house where I pay 1400 a month in rent. That is not including utilities. You tell me what 1.4% will give me? I would just like to say I am stationed in Corpus Christi TX, they just dropped our BAH down because they said it was to high. It was 1200 it is now 1180 in this area. I have two kids and a wife. The only suitable place I could find for rent while waiting for base houseing to open is a house where I pay 1400 a month in rent. That is not including utilities. You tell me what 1.4% will give me?

]]> By: just making a point http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-6183 just making a point Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:13:48 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-6183 My husband has served active duty for almost 6 years now. We have two children, one almost 4 and the other almost 1. He missed our oldest being born due to deployment, served 2 more deployments, and barely made it home in time for our youngest to be born. We have missed many memories together. While he did volunteer to serve his country, it would be nice if there was actual appreciation shown for his service. 1.4% is not as nice a raise as we saw in previous years, but it is still a raise. What I want to know is if we are receiving such a small raise, is congress and the president also receiving a small raise, or even giving up their raise in order to help with the country's debt problem? And why did Obama feel the need to buy $60,000 suv's as government vehicles, when there were prefectly good cars already in use? I didn't vote for Obama, and if he were to run again, I still wouldn't vote for him. My husband continues to serve his country, I work part-time making minimum wage, as much as possible while still taking care of my family, and we are still having trouble "getting by" because of inflation. If the government REALLY wants to make a dent in the debt situation, it will force people off welfare and make them get a job. I understand that some people can't work, but the majority of the people don't WANT to work becuase they get free money from the governemt for doing NOTHING. Unemployment rates would go down if the unemployed knew for a fact that they would only get an unemployment check for a short period of time while they looked for a new job. So that forcing people to find a job, even at a paycut from they prior job. Stop trying to "fix" the country's money problems by making raises lower and lower for people who actually deserve to get raises. My husband has served active duty for almost 6 years now. We have two children, one almost 4 and the other almost 1. He missed our oldest being born due to deployment, served 2 more deployments, and barely made it home in time for our youngest to be born. We have missed many memories together. While he did volunteer to serve his country, it would be nice if there was actual appreciation shown for his service. 1.4% is not as nice a raise as we saw in previous years, but it is still a raise. What I want to know is if we are receiving such a small raise, is congress and the president also receiving a small raise, or even giving up their raise in order to help with the country’s debt problem? And why did Obama feel the need to buy $60,000 suv’s as government vehicles, when there were prefectly good cars already in use? I didn’t vote for Obama, and if he were to run again, I still wouldn’t vote for him. My husband continues to serve his country, I work part-time making minimum wage, as much as possible while still taking care of my family, and we are still having trouble “getting by” because of inflation. If the government REALLY wants to make a dent in the debt situation, it will force people off welfare and make them get a job. I understand that some people can’t work, but the majority of the people don’t WANT to work becuase they get free money from the governemt for doing NOTHING. Unemployment rates would go down if the unemployed knew for a fact that they would only get an unemployment check for a short period of time while they looked for a new job. So that forcing people to find a job, even at a paycut from they prior job. Stop trying to “fix” the country’s money problems by making raises lower and lower for people who actually deserve to get raises.

]]> By: Joe http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-6034 Joe Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:10:37 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-6034 Um, to the idiot who said that Clinton never gave a single pay raise, please double check your facts. http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/militarypaytables/militarypaypriorrates.html Um, to the idiot who said that Clinton never gave a single pay raise, please double check your facts. http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/militarypaytables/militarypaypriorrates.html

]]> By: Heather http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-5993 Heather Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:48:40 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-5993 Oh and one more thing. You will NEVER understand the pain that I go through as a military wife waking up Christmas morning and seeing our children open gifts from their father and he can't be here. You will never endure the nights sleeping alone wondering if your husband is okay, You will never wake up with nightmares of plane crashes or bombs going off in your dreams and you will NEVER EVER have the fear of getting a knock on your door to tell you that your husband and father of your children will never come home because he was fighting for you. How many of you have watched a military funeral. I have been to plenty and when those guns go off it is the pain and reality of every person in the military. We do this on a regular basis for all of you to open your mouths about what we deserve and what we dont deserve. Dont say anything at all unless you have experienced these things because believe me I guarentee you have no idea. We believe someone has to fight for all of you and you can't give my husband the respect enough to say how much they truly deserve. There is not enough money in the world to cover the actual pain that a military family has gone through. Maybe there should be a few more plane crashes into big buildings for you to understand the importance on having a military. Someone has to make sacrifices and it is obviously not you. Coming from a military spouse I really really hope you think before you speak about these families that you countinue to hurt by saying the things you say. Remember this as you visit your family for Christmas or when you hold a special someone close to you. All of these shows that portray the military life can never fully get it right. It can never show the true feelings of what REALLY happens or the actual pain in their eyes. Maybe we need a reality tv show on the life of a military family so you can try to be there through all of this and maybe hae a softer heart towards some of our families that make sacrifices for you. Maybe then you can truly see what it is like. Remember bombs going off and bullets being shot at you regularly before you comment on why we dont deserve it because your words sting to our military families. Oh and one more thing. You will NEVER understand the pain that I go through as a military wife waking up Christmas morning and seeing our children open gifts from their father and he can’t be here. You will never endure the nights sleeping alone wondering if your husband is okay, You will never wake up with nightmares of plane crashes or bombs going off in your dreams and you will NEVER EVER have the fear of getting a knock on your door to tell you that your husband and father of your children will never come home because he was fighting for you. How many of you have watched a military funeral. I have been to plenty and when those guns go off it is the pain and reality of every person in the military. We do this on a regular basis for all of you to open your mouths about what we deserve and what we dont deserve. Dont say anything at all unless you have experienced these things because believe me I guarentee you have no idea. We believe someone has to fight for all of you and you can’t give my husband the respect enough to say how much they truly deserve. There is not enough money in the world to cover the actual pain that a military family has gone through. Maybe there should be a few more plane crashes into big buildings for you to understand the importance on having a military. Someone has to make sacrifices and it is obviously not you. Coming from a military spouse I really really hope you think before you speak about these families that you countinue to hurt by saying the things you say. Remember this as you visit your family for Christmas or when you hold a special someone close to you. All of these shows that portray the military life can never fully get it right. It can never show the true feelings of what REALLY happens or the actual pain in their eyes. Maybe we need a reality tv show on the life of a military family so you can try to be there through all of this and maybe hae a softer heart towards some of our families that make sacrifices for you. Maybe then you can truly see what it is like. Remember bombs going off and bullets being shot at you regularly before you comment on why we dont deserve it because your words sting to our military families.

]]> By: Heather http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-5989 Heather Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:32:13 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-5989 Guess what. All of you people that are argueing about military not getting a pay raise is a fool. If it weren't for the military and my husband fighting for us to even have our freedom we would have nothing. So sorry that the military families are upset because we are the ones sacrificing our fathers/mothers/children/etc. for you to complaining people saying that we dont deserve it. I feel that unless you have dealt with any type of military schedule in your life you will never understand because they choose to fight for all of you that think they don't deserve a pay raise for it. My husband has over 45 months deployed and counting. We have a 3 and 4 year old and guess what he has missed so many events including birthdays and this years thanksgiving and soon missing christmas. Do the math? You can't put a price tag on all the memories we have missed with him and he has missed with us. I am sorry that almost every military family out there feels they deserve this for all the sacrifices we have put our families through for you selfish people. Dont be selfish because if it weren't for our troops you wouldn't even have your freedom at all and have the choices you have today. Remember that day of September 11 because that is what the whole United States would be going through a million more times here inour countr if it weren't for our soldiers putting up a fight to keep them out of our country and to keep all of your families safe. What if it were your family in that tower that day. Maybe you would be a little more thankful for all of those soldiers fighting for your family and they didn't even know you. My husband deserves it along with every other military family out there. Freedom comes with pricetag and it is not free. Sometimes it is lives that are lost because that is what they chose to fight for, YOU. To hear you complain about how they dont deserve it because of rough times is very sad. You deserve to go stand on the front line right now and save someone elses lives that chose to protect you and are fighting for you. Dont you think you could at least back them up too. I can name a million reasons why and this place is already in debt enough and I understand that but I can pick out a million things that so much money could be cut back on. If it weren't for us fighting then it would not even be a discussion on where the money would be going. If I had a choice to buy everyone in the military something special I would because that is the least I could do for them for protecting our rights. I am thankful for them to allow myself to walk outside and knowing that someone is fighting for you to speak at all and guess what. To all you rich people on the board and have no worries on spending money...us military people are far from rich and sometimes cant even make ends meet but we are the one standing up for you to make all of that and all we ask is for a percentage that we think is fair for our families sacrifice. I ask of all of you to turn the tables and look at it at a different perspective. My husband could die tomorrow because of this war (which he wont because God is watching him). He chose to fight for ALL of us and our families and we feel that it is the LEAST you could do for us. If it weren't for people like my husband and families with big hearts no one would even be there right now. Not everyone gets in the military to pay for school or little reasons like that. Most of them have made careers of it to save peoples lives because that is what they believe in ad want to defend you. That should be the only hero all of you have. Our men and woman are taking bullets for you so dont tell us military families what you dont think we deserve. Our Heros are PRICELESS. Remember that when you are laying in a warm bed to sleep in, filling your stomachs with good warm meals, and spending your holidays with your family. The people that are fighting for you let that happen and they are going without those things for YOU. Guess what. All of you people that are argueing about military not getting a pay raise is a fool. If it weren’t for the military and my husband fighting for us to even have our freedom we would have nothing. So sorry that the military families are upset because we are the ones sacrificing our fathers/mothers/children/etc. for you to complaining people saying that we dont deserve it. I feel that unless you have dealt with any type of military schedule in your life you will never understand because they choose to fight for all of you that think they don’t deserve a pay raise for it. My husband has over 45 months deployed and counting. We have a 3 and 4 year old and guess what he has missed so many events including birthdays and this years thanksgiving and soon missing christmas. Do the math? You can’t put a price tag on all the memories we have missed with him and he has missed with us. I am sorry that almost every military family out there feels they deserve this for all the sacrifices we have put our families through for you selfish people. Dont be selfish because if it weren’t for our troops you wouldn’t even have your freedom at all and have the choices you have today. Remember that day of September 11 because that is what the whole United States would be going through a million more times here inour countr if it weren’t for our soldiers putting up a fight to keep them out of our country and to keep all of your families safe. What if it were your family in that tower that day. Maybe you would be a little more thankful for all of those soldiers fighting for your family and they didn’t even know you. My husband deserves it along with every other military family out there. Freedom comes with pricetag and it is not free. Sometimes it is lives that are lost because that is what they chose to fight for, YOU. To hear you complain about how they dont deserve it because of rough times is very sad. You deserve to go stand on the front line right now and save someone elses lives that chose to protect you and are fighting for you. Dont you think you could at least back them up too. I can name a million reasons why and this place is already in debt enough and I understand that but I can pick out a million things that so much money could be cut back on. If it weren’t for us fighting then it would not even be a discussion on where the money would be going. If I had a choice to buy everyone in the military something special I would because that is the least I could do for them for protecting our rights. I am thankful for them to allow myself to walk outside and knowing that someone is fighting for you to speak at all and guess what. To all you rich people on the board and have no worries on spending money…us military people are far from rich and sometimes cant even make ends meet but we are the one standing up for you to make all of that and all we ask is for a percentage that we think is fair for our families sacrifice. I ask of all of you to turn the tables and look at it at a different perspective. My husband could die tomorrow because of this war (which he wont because God is watching him). He chose to fight for ALL of us and our families and we feel that it is the LEAST you could do for us. If it weren’t for people like my husband and families with big hearts no one would even be there right now. Not everyone gets in the military to pay for school or little reasons like that. Most of them have made careers of it to save peoples lives because that is what they believe in ad want to defend you. That should be the only hero all of you have. Our men and woman are taking bullets for you so dont tell us military families what you dont think we deserve. Our Heros are PRICELESS. Remember that when you are laying in a warm bed to sleep in, filling your stomachs with good warm meals, and spending your holidays with your family. The people that are fighting for you let that happen and they are going without those things for YOU.

]]> By: Name http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2010/02/01/average-4-2-increase-in-2011-bah/comment-page-1#comment-5979 Name Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:54:26 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=1869#comment-5979 @Hotboi. Dems controlled the house and senate during bushes term. The finnacial mess started when clinton passed legislation making easy for everyone to get a loan. The only thing bush did wrong was expand government. Of course that is my opinion. @Hotboi. Dems controlled the house and senate during bushes term. The finnacial mess started when clinton passed legislation making easy for everyone to get a loan. The only thing bush did wrong was expand government. Of course that is my opinion.

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