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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