Have you been complaining that your BAH is too low?

[kitty346]

Read about somebody who actually did something about it, and then go see your Military Housing Office.

https://www.reddit.com/r/navy/comments/kfbvwk

 

[playingforthelord]

@kitty346 One of my biggest frustrations is how much people complain about things in the military, but since everything is transient, no one puts the effort into fixing it.

There have been so many things I've fixed by just following normal protocol to get a replacement or repair (like just putting in a trouble ticket).

Good on that sailor.

 

[desales09]

@kitty346 So who can I talk to about COLA

 

[ray2423]

@desales09 It’s amazing to me how the DC area doesn’t have COLA

 

[x1027xoxo]

@ray2423 I never even considered that during my time there. I just assumed I had to live in PG County.

 

[bollys02]

@ray2423 Or some parts of California, but the GS employees get COLA, just not the military.

 

[kitty346]

@bollys02 Military members do get a partial cost of living adjustment everywhere thanks to BAH.

 

[kitty346]

@desales09 Not sure, but if I were trying to find out, I’d start at

https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/cola.cfm

or

https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/conus.cfm

 

[simon1313]

@desales09 The entire fucking military pay scale needs COLA adjustment.

 

[mark_moore]

@kitty346 To be fair this should be a transparent process by now. The fact that it isn't is a hold over from the analog age.

 

[resjudicata]

@kitty346 "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."

 

[abomb19]

@kitty346 In response to the recent Fort Hood review, I reached out to my congressman this week, but after reading that page, looks like I got more work to do in order to rectify this issue for the soldiers stationed there.