An advocacy group that says it fights "church/state violations and noxious abuse" in the military said Friday it forced the removal of a banner advertising a Vacation Bible School program from the main gate at the Fort Sill Army Base in Oklahoma.
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By STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 9, 2021 Is the tenant bill of rights that is supposed to help protect families in military housing more rhetoric than regulation? That is the belief of Sarah Kline, who works with the Military Housing Advocacy Network, and Leigh Tuttle, the wife of a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who has seen up close how corners can get cut with something as simple as replacing a carpet. In Part 2 of Military Matters look at the problems with military housing, co-hosts Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy discuss the issues with two military spouses who have been in the middle of the fight.
DoD needs to improve the way it calculates troops’ BAH rates, auditors say Privatized housing at Trumbo Point, an annex of Naval Air Station Key West. (Photo by Chris Carson) A new report on Basic Allowance for Housing supports some service members’ suspicions that they may be getting the short end of the stick when it comes to how much of their rent is covered by the military, says one advocate. The report, released by the Government Accountability Office, says defense officials need to do a better job collecting and monitoring the data used to set rates for Basic Allowance for Housing, to make sure the rates accurately reflect the cost of suitable housing for service members.