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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? APO, AE Backstory: 1998 NDAA Press Release In 1998, the 105th Congress wrote language into the National Defense Authorization Act to reform BAS for enlisted members. The obvious intent was to stop the practice of taking our food allowance...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TN Resident. I am in the Army, serving in Germany and my wife is German. She has been a resident alien in the US since 1992, I married her in 2001, and I was stationed in Germany in 2006. She has a Social Security Number and a current Resident...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? APO, AE, TN resident. OK, I ordered a new truck from AAFES's Exchange New Car Sales last week, and it will be delivered in November (2010 Ram 3500 4x4 Laramie crew cab long bed). I was reading up about some people having problems with the diesel...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TN resident in Iraq The other day I received my CSB/REDUX notice via AKO. I know about the standard REDUX program, but the notice contained wording about exemptions for Disability Retirement, specifically waiving the 20 year requirement. My...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee. Later this year, I will be separated from the Army for exceeding my RCP. I will be eligible for over $50,000 in severance pay, reduced to about $36,000 after taxes. Prior to this deployment, I was given the option of a Med Board, but...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Deployed to Iraq... A few nights ago, I was supervising Soldiers clearing weapons at a clearing barrel, just like I have done hundreds of times before in the past 9 months. When one of the Soldiers was clearing the weapon, a ND happened. The...

Please... There are plenty of AWOL/UA threads on here. There is nothing special about your situation. You ran away because you were scared, lazy, unable to cope, had family problems, couldn't stay away from the marijuana, wife threatened to leave you, or couldn't get a medical discharge fast...

What is the name of your state? APO, AE. To keep a very long story short, I'll just do a time line. Feb 06. Arrive at unit. Assigned Truck that has been deadlined (according to verbal reports by other Soldier in the section) since unit returned from Iraq in 2004. Feb 07. Fed up with...

Why can't "I" claim kids on taxes? CP (Father) has custody, he gets to claim them. NCP (Mother) ordered to pay roughly $500/mo in CS. NCP is unemployed due to my job transfers (military). Spouse of NCP (me) pay CS for NCP. Where's my tax relief?:rolleyes:

What is the name of your state?VA Is there a limit as to how much interest a courthouse can charge on a traffic fine? I found out I have an unpaid ticket ($350 fine). I called the courthouse, and they say I owe them over $680 due to interest! :eek: I don't live there, I never was informed...

What is the name of your state?FL and VA On 13 May, 2002, my wife and I purchased a used van from a dealership in Virginia. They offered in-house financing, and we bit. We got a decent deal, a decent interest rate (considering her credit that we wanted to rebuild), and everything went...

What is the name of your state?The CSE is Nevada, the case is from VA, and we are in FL. I posted a couple weeks ago about this, but we coincidentally recieved another questionairre from Child Support Enforcement in the mail this weekend. Basically, it says if she fails to complete the form...

What is the name of your state?Multiple states involved. Wife was laid off at the close of 2001. While on unemployment, we recieved a questionairre from CSI in Nevada, basically inquiring why her payments had stopped coming from garnishment of her wages. One of the questions asked MY...

What is the name of your state? FL Ok, just say we wanted to file Chap 7, would we qualify? I have been curious for a while, and I am pretty sure it would help get these danged collection agencies off of our backs. Our debts: About $1,200 left on Caravan's note about $5500 on credit cards...

I never understood why they even exist. I mean, the threshhold for attaining "lemon" status is so great that the laws are useless for most consumers. Take VA for example: car must be returned 3 times for the exact same defect, and spend a total of more than 30 days in the shop for this defect...