Monthly Archives: July 2011

I read this on Spousebuzz.com this morning. It’s often those unexpected consequences that hurt the most because there is no way to plan for them — unless one is a foreseer. How have you been affected?

Excerpt:
We learned at the end of last year that BAH levels would drop in some areas in 2011. We also learned that it was dropping a whopping 8% in our area. But we breathed a sigh of relief when we read that the drop would not affect those of us already living in the area. It only affected newcomers. Well, stinks to be them, but I still get my old higher BAH. Whew. And it sounded like it would work in theory:

Because of rate protection, only members arriving after Dec. 31 to areas where rents have fallen will feel the effect of lowered allowances. Those same new arrivals, however, also should face lower rents than did colleagues who arrived in 2010 or earlier, said Cheryl Anne Woehr, BAH program analyst for the Department of Defense.

Except the BAH program analysts forgot to take into account one catch: most renters are military personnel, but most property owners in this area are military personnel as well.

Read more at http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2011/07/new-bah-rates.html

I try to find and share various online resources for PTSD and other things I think might be of help to our military families. The following source uses Eye Movement Memory Processing (EMMP) approach to dealing with stress. I do not know how effective this is (speaking true scientific results versus personal anecdotal evidence). It’s free so this may be a good way to try it.

This is a resource that you normally pay for, but FamilyOfAVet.com has 100 free sessions for Vets – first come first serve. Below is the information I pulled from their site:

One of the many reasons I love the people at Clayton Stress is because of their obvious
motivation to help our heroes and families!

In an awesome show of generosity, they’ve given us 100 free sessions to give away to 50
veterans or family members (each hero or loved one gets 2 free sessions) who would like
to try the Clayton Stress system – an online treatment program for PTSD symptoms that
can be completed from home, at any time of the day or night (that actually, really works!).
CLICK HERE TO APPLY

And here’s a little bit on the Clayton Stress system.

ClaytonStress.com, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is the leading provider of online computer therapy for stress, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in the United States. It offers Eye Movement Memory Processing (EMMP), for relief of traumatic memories and is convenient, affordable, and confidential. Relief can be obtained quickly and results are lasting. It is the first and currently, only self-directed internet-based EMMP program and has a U.S. patent pending.