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End of month pay is gone next week<\/strong><\/p>\n As of the end of September, the once-a-month single payday is dead and gone. The Air Force and Space Force will continue to have this pay option, but Army member will convert to mid-month and EOM pay in October.<\/p>\n If you’re currently receiving once-a-month pay, you’ll receive your usual full paycheck on Sept. 30, 2022 (for Oct. 1, a Saturday).<\/p>\n Then, you’ll receive approximately half of your usual paycheck on Oct. 14. The remaining portion of your October pay will be paid on Nov. 1. You will continue to receive approximately half of your full month’s pay on every mid-month payday in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Military.com<\/a><\/p>\n Believe I was at the tail end of the EOM-report-for-pay period, as we had to do that in Basic. Then it went to checks, mailed checks, electronic deposits, twice-monthly options… wonder what’s next?<\/p>\n Choice of duty station for recruits surprising…and not<\/strong><\/p>\n The Army has a program to allow recruits to sign up for their first duty station as a contractual option. Remember when the best you could do was list your duty station preferences, aka the “Dream Sheet”? Kids can make a firm choice going in now, and the top picks are surprising. All we have heard about Alaska being a hardship are no one wants to serve in? Guess again.<\/p>\n Full List of Requests: <\/strong>(top 5)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Alaska: 825<\/p>\n Fort Carson, Colorado: 679<\/p>\n Fort Campbell, Kentucky: 659<\/p>\n Fort Hood, Texas: 657<\/p>\n Europe: 546<\/p>\n And then there’s the bottom few…<\/p>\n Fort Huachuca<\/a>, Arizona: 2<\/p>\n Fort Knox<\/a>, Kentucky: 1<\/p>\n Fort Lee<\/a>, Virginia: 1<\/p>\n Fort Sam Houston<\/a>, Texas: 1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n