LL> Special Leave for Gay Marriage Travel

 LL> Week of August 19, 2013
 LL> Defense Secretary Hagel announced that gay and lesbian
 LL> members of the military who wish to marry now qualify for
 LL> up to 10 days of uncharged leave to travel to a state where
 LL> such marriages are legal.  In addition, the DoD will begin
 LL> granting full benefits to same-sex couples, including
 LL> TRICARE, housing allowances, subsistence allowances, and
 LL> family separation allowances by Sept. 3.

 Universal health care would make Tricare irrelevant. Subsistance
 allowances are granted to all military above a certian rank, or
 were when I was in. I believe it was E3 or E4. Housing
 allowances are given when base housing is not available.

 IOW, BFD.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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