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Service members at some of the most expensive duty assignments are set to receive a cut in a monthly allowance designed to offset high costs of living.The Defense Department will make a second round of cuts to troops’ overseas cost-of-living allowances (OCOLA) next month, with the final cut coming on Nov. 15 and effecting members’ Dec. 1 paychecks, according to a report from Military.comThe final cuts come after nearly a year of delay, with lawmakers passing a restriction into last year’s National Defense Authorization Act that limited decreases in the allowance to once every six months. The Defense Department announced the first cut to the OCOLA rates in May, with the final cuts now set to come next month.AIR FORCE CUTS PAY FOR TOUGHEST JOBS, REFUSES TO DISCLOSE DETAILS TO SPOUSES, PUBLIC U.S. Army soldiers stand in formation. (U.S. Army)The cuts will also impact troops stationed in areas outside the contiguous U.S. such as Al …
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