MILITARY SUPPORT TO DEPENDENTS - MacDill Air Force Base
MILITARY SUPPORT TO DEPENDENTS - MacDill Air Force Base
MILITARY SUPPORT TO DEPENDENTS - MacDill Air Force Base
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http://www.defense.gov/faq/pis/pc04mltr.html for additional details on who to contact to<br />
get this information. However, if you contact individual installations to determine whether<br />
the member is stationed there, you will not succeed. Typically, that information is closely<br />
held for privacy and security reasons. Therefore, the best procedure is writing a letter to<br />
the correct military locator service.<br />
Question 3. What information should be contained in a letter to the commanding officer?<br />
You should include your name and the names of the service member’s other<br />
dependents, the name of the service member, rank, the last four of SSN if known, and the<br />
amount of support in cash or in kind that the member is paying, if any. You should also<br />
attach any pertinent documents such as marriage certificate, birth certificates, last LES,<br />
military orders, and any bills that you have.<br />
Question 4. What does support include?<br />
A service member would be credited for not only cash support, but also in kind support.<br />
For example, support includes payments for certain essentials such as rent, mortgage,<br />
property insurance, child care payments, etc.<br />
Question 5. What do the service regulations state concerning mandatory support?<br />
The Army, Navy, Marines, <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, and Coast Guard are each governed by different<br />
regulations as follows:<br />
ARMY<br />
The Department of the Army sets minimum support requirements. See AR 608-99, FAMILY<br />
<strong>SUPPORT</strong>, CHILD CUS<strong>TO</strong>DY, AND PATERNITY (2003) found at<br />
http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/R608_99.PDF. Soldiers are expected to comply with<br />
the following:<br />
1. Financial support provisions of a court order or financial support provisions of a written<br />
agreement in the absence of a court order.<br />
2. Minimal support requirements in the absence of a court order or written agreement are<br />
outlined in the table below for a solider receiving credit for payment of rent, utilities,<br />
mortgage, interest due on loans, and real property insurance payments.<br />
Situation<br />
Family unit not in gov<br />
housing<br />
Family unit in gov housing<br />
Family members within the<br />
family unit residing at<br />
different locations<br />
Single-family units<br />
BAH II–WITH<br />
Level of Support<br />
no support unless supported family member(s) move(s) out<br />
of gov housing, then the soldier will provide BAH II–WITH<br />
pro-rata share of BAH II–WITH to each family member not<br />
residing in gov housing<br />
No additional support for family members residing in gov<br />
housing.<br />
6AMW/JA, <strong>MacDill</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>, Florida Current As of July 2012