Marilyn Strickland: “I will not yield. It is the vote that gives the benefits to the veteran, not the talk, and what we have is talk. As I…”

Previous NDAA bills have authorized service secretaries to grant waivers to families applying for the Basic Needs Allowance who otherwise would not be eligible based on the inclusion of the BAH.

I ask you one more time: Who are we as a nation? And more importantly, who are you?

Excluding BAH makes a member appear artificially impoverished and diminishes the value of a member's hard-earned military compensation and the value of the member's military service.

I represent Joint Base Lewis-McChord, one of the largest military installations on the west coast.