The Defense Department announced today its plans to spend $27 million this fiscal year to correct an imbalance in base housing allowance payments. The imbalance creates a situation where two service members of equal rank could pay different out-of-pocket amounts to live off-base in the same geographic region, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said. Last month, Defense Secretary William Cohen announced a plan to increase the military's BHA. The law now says any service member living off-base and receiving a BHA...
