MILITARY SUPPORT TO DEPENDENTS - MacDill Air Force Base

MARINE CORPS
Marine Corps requirements for dependent support are found in MCO P5800.16A, Ch. 15,
found at
http://www.usmc.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO%20P5800.16A%20CH%201-
5.pdf. In the absence of a court order or agreement, interim support per supported family
member shall be the greater of the fixed amount of support reflected in the center column
ofthe chart below, or the pro-rated share of whatever BAH or OHA(Overseas Housing
Allowance) to which the Marine is currently entitled, as shown in the chart below, per
month. Note that BAH that is credited to the Marine for government housing, but is not
actually paid in cash and is not counted for purposes of this chapter. Under no
circumstances shall the total amount of support required exceed 1/3 of the Marine’s gross
military pay, per month. For purposes of this order, gross military pay is defined as the total
of all military pay and allowances before taxes or any other deductions. The amount
calculated under the chart below is presumed to be the correct amount of support to be paid
to a family member.
Total Number of
Family Members
Entitled to Support
Minimum Amount
Of Monthly Support
per Requesting
Family Member
Share of Monthly
BAH/OHA per
Requesting Family
Member
1 $350 1/2
2 $286 1/3
3 $233 1/4
4 $200 1/5
5 $174 1/6
6 or more $152 1/7 or etc.
See MCO P5800.16A, Ch. 15 for the Support Calculation Worsheet.
AIR FORCE
The Air Force, unlike the sister services, does not provide specific quantities of support
owing to family members. Instead, Air Force policy regarding support provides that each
Air Force member is expected to “provide adequate financial support to family members.”
AFI 36-2906, PERSONAL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (1998) para 3.2.1 found at http://www.epublishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI36-2906.pdf.
Members must “provide adequate
financial support of a spouse or child or any other relative for which the member receives
additional allowances for support. Members will also comply with the financial support
provisions of a court order or written support agreement. AFI 36-2906, para 7.2. Upon
receipt of a complaint of non-support by a family member, the member will be required to
prove financial support and the member may not receive BAQ at the with-dependent rate if
not providing financial support to their spouse or children or the Air Force may recoup the
BAQ for periods of non-support. AFI 36-2906, para 3.2.3. In addition, DFAS will cooperate
with the family member to implement involuntary collection of support through garnishment
or statutory allotments.
COAST GUARD
The Coast Guard has established the following support requirements in the absence of a
court order:
6AMW/JA, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida Current As of July 2012