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Old Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:43pm
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Originally Posted by j51969 View Post
Thank you for your service, and good luck I hope they take it into consideration! I have always been a little envious of you AF guys. When I was talking to one of my AF counterparts overseas I found out he got an allowance for living below a certain standard. Even though we were all in the same combat zone, INCREDIBLE!
Well not to call your counterpart out but there is no such allowance. I will say however...simply living in our tents compared to Army/Marine tents is an "allowance" in itself. I was in Afghanistan and we had 4 people in a tent...AC, TV, DVD player, plywood walls and doors. The Marines were living in circus tents, 100 per, with no AC!

When I was stationed on an Army post the rumor was that I received extra pay for living in Army housing...I never corrected them, it was fun to watch them scratch their heads!
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