Many of the 40,000 dual-service couples in the military — members married to other service members — have for years drawn combined basic allowance for housing (BAH) stateside that more than cover their rent and utility costs. The Senate Armed Services Committee has inserted language in its version of the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill (S.1376) that seeks to end what some lawmakers perceive as an income windfall for dual-service couples by linking BAH payments to what these families actually pay to rent housing at new and future assignments.
Slashed BAH for Dual-Service Couples?
