SFC Private RallyPoint Member 108435 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">The eligibility applies to spouses of E-1 to E-5 which<br />is understandable. But it is also available to those of W-1 to W-2 and O-1<br />to O-2 which I don’t understand. Per 2014 basic pay table, W-1 makes about $150<br />more than a E-7 with the same time in service (TIS) and W-2 about $500 more.<br />O-1 makes about the same a E-7 while the TIS is under 2 years.  After 3 years TIS, they make about $500 more.<br />However, O-1 with more than 2 years TIS is unheard of unless they are prior<br />enlisted. If they are prior enlisted, their pay is even much higher. As for O-2, they make $800 more with 2 years TIS and the difference<br />exponentially increases. With over 4 years TIS, a O-2 makes more than $1200 per<br />month than a E-7. A O-2 with over 8 years TIS still makes more than $600 per<br />month than a E-8. </p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">All in all, it doesn’t make sense to provide financial<br />assistance to W-1 to W-2 and O-1 to O-2 while E-6 to E-9 don’t receive the same<br />kind of benefit. The purpose is to help those with substandard pay, not helping<br />those who make significantly more. </p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /> 2014-04-22T17:50:07-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 108435

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">The eligibility applies to spouses of E-1 to E-5 which<br />is understandable. But it is also available to those of W-1 to W-2 and O-1<br />to O-2 which I don’t understand. Per 2014 basic pay table, W-1 makes about $150<br />more than a E-7 with the same time in service (TIS) and W-2 about $500 more.<br />O-1 makes about the same a E-7 while the TIS is under 2 years.  After 3 years TIS, they make about $500 more.<br />However, O-1 with more than 2 years TIS is unheard of unless they are prior<br />enlisted. If they are prior enlisted, their pay is even much higher. As for O-2, they make $800 more with 2 years TIS and the difference<br />exponentially increases. With over 4 years TIS, a O-2 makes more than $1200 per<br />month than a E-7. A O-2 with over 8 years TIS still makes more than $600 per<br />month than a E-8. </p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">All in all, it doesn’t make sense to provide financial<br />assistance to W-1 to W-2 and O-1 to O-2 while E-6 to E-9 don’t receive the same<br />kind of benefit. The purpose is to help those with substandard pay, not helping<br />those who make significantly more. </p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br />

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