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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Straw man.  Base officer housing might not be that nice (though why you brought up enlisted housing I have no idea), but BHA definitely is.[/quote]
Married to an officer. We don’t have access to base housing. Many in the Bethesda area don’t. [/quote]

This isn't true at all.  You have access to base housing on other bases, but you choose to live in Bethesda.  You can go to Ft. Mead, Andrews, Bolling, etc.[/quote]
I actually can’t. Husband has to live within a certain radius of the hospital. [/quote]

But don’t they still give you lots of money towards your housing costs??[/quote]

For officers yes, enlisted no and it depends on rank.  If they can afford Bethesda they are higher ranking officer. [/quote]

When I married my husband, he was an O-2. He would be getting $1600 a month for housing now based on our location then. How is that lots of money? He would have been getting the same as an E-6! (Because you're wrong, and enlisted DO get money toward housing. Please stop spouting off your ignorance.)[/quote]

Your ignorance is showing.  You have no clue about enlisted. It is a decent amount of money.  You don’t have to live in Bethesda and most live in cheaper areas like us.  [/quote]

You know these numbers are public, right? Here, I reduced the rank a bit.

E 5 with DEPENDENTS:
$ 2880.00
E 5 without DEPENDENTS:
$ 2538.00

But keep going about how you can't afford Bethesda.[/quote]
Have you purchased or rented in Bethesda in the last decade? That's not a lot.  I don't think your numbers show what you want them to. [/quote]

I just did a search on Zillow for rentals. If you don't have dependents, you get a roommate. If you have dependents, you live in a 2 bedroom apartment. It's not tough. [/quote]
So you acknowledge you can’t get an apartment rental on your own or ever purchase a house at that amount? Stop acting like it’s so much money. 
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BAH is a housing allowance, not a means to pay your mortgage. [/quote]

They do it to reduce your pay so you get less in retirement benefits.  [/quote]

Ok. And?[/quote]
Stop whining about how the military get sooooooo much tax free housing allowance that they are scum sucking off the taxpayers all while they live large in retirement. [/quote]

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