even though you have all answered this question and the answer is no I thought I would let you know that you dont get extra money even when you are MWDS as we did that for a yr just after DD2 was born, it because you are still together and are still living off his money.... I do not recomened going MWDS ever as it is just way too hard so as much as you dont want to move to a place it would be so much better and easier in the long run to move... The only way we got back together ( as in the only way DHA and postings got us together ) was for BHL to discharge they prefured to lose a PO MTE ( hard to come by in the navy ) than to bring him home closer to the family!!!!

I had heard of this new tax and like MD has said its going to get alot of defence people... the goverment wonders why they are loseing so many member its things like this you dont even get rewarded for serving OS in war/ peace keeping zones, All this is going to do is make more leave .... I wish they would start listening to the boy's when they have tose silly meeting ( what would keep you in the defence meeting ) instead of having them and not listening to anything they have to say...

I see it as simple bring back the pension ( I know my BHL would have stayed for 20yrs then) bring in family medical not just serving members... and stop letting DHA stuffing people around... I know that if they brought in any of this they would have kepted BHL in or he would go back... Plus they need not such a big difference in pay for when the Navy boys are at sea to when they are home ( dont know how it works for you army familys )

Sorry thats my little sook, but it still gets me so mad that they never do anything the boy/girls ask of them, and then wonder why our numbers are so low....