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I think some of you are missing a valid argument here and that is that both members are serving. If they were each single they would be entitled to the benefit. It is part of the "benefits" package that our service men and women deserve. I am not dual military, but I can see why both would get paid and I think they should. Yes, the house may only cost x amount, but why should one member not get the entitlement that they would get if they were single? They wear the uniform and should be compensated. There is argument on this thread about single members making it, but that is not a valid argument. Both members are serving and are entitled to housing allowance. To me it is a right that should stay. I don't feel that our military members are compensated the way they should be anyway.

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Well, the obvious answer is that a married couple lives together. Singles should be living separately. Since it is for housing, the overall compensation is irrelevant.

Enlistment procedures currently require waivers/reviews for the number of dependents as well as dual military (to verify that they can be stationed together). We even forbid single parents from enlistment due to the military being demanding of time/energy.

Consider 2 E-3's stationed in California who get married, move out of the barracks, and have a child.
They pay for housing with the first BAH, then collect the second as a %100-200 pay increase (factoring TiS, location, etc). When one deploys, the second becomes a single parent- which we actively screen out in the first place. What we effectively do with this dual-BAH system is offering financial incentives for young service members to reduce their usefulness to the military.

I suggest grandfathering those who got married with the current incentive package, reinstating sole BAH for the senior member for all subsequent dual military couples, and looking at the 'zero dependents bonuses' as suggested earlier.

I'm not anti-family, and my wife has been spectacular through deployments/training, but family issues require time, and exponentially so when dual-military. A single junior Marine is more useful to me than one who can't work late and will statistically end up divorced.

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