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Page 6 | Hurlburt Warrior | Friday, December 28, 2012 Friday, December 28, 2012 | Hurlburt Warrior | Page 7 Airman First Class Nigel Sandridge | USAF The aircrew of a UH-1N prepares for a sharp tactical maneuver over a forest in southern Alabama Sept. 19. The UH-1N belongs to the 6th Special Operations Squadron. The 6th SOS is a combat aviation advisory unit with a mission to assess, train, advise and assist foreign aviation forces in airpower employment, sustainment and force integration. Airman First Class Nigel Sandridge | USAF Senior Airman Kathleen Eliseo, a 4th Special Operations Squadron sensor operator, hugs her father on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Sept. 5, 2012. SrA. Eliseo is one of many Airmen that returned home from deployment. Devon Ravine | Daily News Levi Fields, left, and his brother Johnny Fields enjoy a little time in the cockpit of a CV-22 Osprey on display Oct. 27, during Hurlburt Field’s open house. Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Valentine | USAF Members of the Air Force special operations community celebrate Hurlburt Field’s contributions to the Air Force during the base’s first Air Force ball at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island, Sept. 14, 2012. The ball honored the 65th anniversary of the Air Force and the guest speaker was Robert D. Gaylor, 5th CMSgt of the Air Force. Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo | USAF The Hurlburt Field bridge is relocated for repairs on U.S. Highway 98, Mary Esther, Feb. 5. The bridge is a running path stretching over the highway, connecting the north and south sides of Hurlburt Field. Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams | USAF Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, reads his Order of the Sword nomination plaque while outside the distinguished visitors quarters at Hurlburt Field, Nov. 15. The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the enlisted corps can bestow upon an individual in recognition of significant contributions to the enlisted force. Airman 1st Class Hayden K. Hyatt | USAF Col. Jim Slife, commander 1st Special Operations Wing, pins a Silver Star on Tech. Sgt. Joseph Deslauriers, an explosive ordnance disposal technician from the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Nov. 14. Deslauriers earned the medal for gallantry in action while serving in Afghanistan Sept. 23. Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Valentine | USAF Lt. Col. John D. Loftis, an officer assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, died Feb. 25, after he was shot in his office while deployed in Kabul, Afghanistan. Loftis, 866th Air Expeditionary Squadron, was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and working in the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of the Interior with the AfPak Hands program as the chief plans adviser. The 44-year-old was one of two high-ranking U.S. officers killed while inside the heavily guarded Interior Ministry in Kabul. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWT) participate in a training scenario on a CH-47 Chinook during Emerald Warrior, Hurlburt Field, March 7. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. Emerald Warrior leverages lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and other historical lessons to provide better trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster | USAF
Page | Hurlburt Warrior | Friday, December 28, 2012 Housing allowance stateside to rise an average 3.8 percent B Coffee Drive-Thru (next to Go Anywhere Scooters) 850-515-3322 9050 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre, FL Always 10% Military Discounts Tom Philpott Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) paid to about 1 million service members living off base in the United States will rise by an average of 3.8 percent Jan. 1, nearly double the average 2 percent hike of last year. How BAH recipients fare as individuals will vary by pay grade and assignment area. BAH rates are rising, or at least staying level, across 79 percent of the military’s 365 housing areas, said Cheryl Anne Woehr, BAH program manager for the Defense Department. In the 21 percent of areas where rents have fallen this past year, members already living there will benefit from BAH rate protection. This law allows members who are committed to rental agreements or paying off mortgages to continue to draw housing allowances at current rates. Mondays —Fridays 6:30 am —4:30 pm Saturday 8 am —3 pm Sunday 8 am —3 pm Buy One, Get One Free Peach & Strawberry Smoothies Southern Red Velvet Blended Coffee Frappe ob Kerrigan, listed in Best lawyers in America for the last ten years, Law Dragon’s top 500 lawyers in the country, Florida Trend magazine’s Elite lawyers and the highest legal and ethical rating by Martindale Hubbell. For 35 years attorney Bob Kerrigan has consulted with and represented military families when accidental injuries or death have occurred. Call for a consultation… So only service members who move after Dec. 31 into areas where rental costs have fallen will feel the affects of lowered rates for 2013. BAH for a married career enlisted member in the grade of E-6 will climb an average of $60 a month in January. A typical married officer, rank O-3, will see an average Bob Kerrigan Attorney 244-3333 Kerrigan.com Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. Offices in Shalimar and Crestview, FL Try Our N ew Cha rGrill Entr ees Bre akfa st Spe cia ls TO LEARN MORE Basic Allowance for Housing rates for 2013 are online at http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/bahCalc.cfm. Starting at $ 3.9 9 increase of $55 a month, Woehr said. Other pays will increase Jan. 1. Military basic pay increase will 1.7 percent across all ranks and pay grades. Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) will increase 1.1 percent, based on food price changes tracked by a Department of Agriculture index. BAS “Home of the Mother Tom Omelette” Frid a ySpe cia l Fresh Fried M ullet w ith 2 s id es $ 7.49 400 N. Eglin Pkwy., FWB, FL • 850-243-0733 2085263 2085150 for enlisted will be $352.27 a month, up from $348.44. Officer BAS, which is always lower due to a quirky history of adjusting food allowances, will be $242.60 a month, up from $239.96. Service members living off base overseas get an Overseas Housing Allowance instead of BAH. OHA is based on what members actually pay in rent. It also gets adjusted periodically as the dollar’s value shifts against local foreign currency. But OHA is not adjusted in concert with BAH. Veterans using the Post-9/11 GI bill get a monthly “living” stipend equal to the BAH rate in their area for an E-5 with dependents. The Department of Veterans Affairs will use 2013 rates to adjust the stipend in August, the start of a new academic year. BAH rates are adjusted yearly based on changes in rental costs, utilities and renter’s insurance premiums for various housing types. Those who are married or have children draw the higher “with dependents” rate in all housing areas. BAH payments will total $20 billion in 2012 Areas seeing some of the largest BAH increase this year include New York City (14.7 percent), Altus Air Force Base, Okla., (14.1 percent), Sumter/Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (11.8 percent), Honolulu County, Hawaii (11.2 percent) and Hanscom Air Force Base, Maine (10.8 percent). Areas reporting some of the steepest rental declines include Portsmouth, New Hampshire/ Kittery, Maine (-5.6 percent), Twenty-Nine Palms Marine Corps Base, Calif. (-5.1 percent), Fort Stewart, Ga. (-3.4 percent) and Montgomery, Ala (-2.6 percent.) Since 2008, BAH “without dependent” rates have benefited from an artificial floor. These rates for single members must match at least 75 percent of the local “with dependents” rate at the same pay grade. By law, stateside housing allowances have to be based on the cost of housing for civilians with comparable incomes in the local area, Woehr said. BAH rates are set to cover 100 percent of median rental cost, utilities and rental insurance in each area based on the type of housing officials deem appropriate to a member’s pay grade and dependent status. BAH rates are tied to the base or installation See housing page 9
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