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Soldiers and Sailors Act

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Hartman

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http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/ssrelief/usc50top.html

I searched forever to find this link, so I'm posting it here in case anyone's ever trying to research this.

I'm reporting to OCS this month and I have to break the lease on my apartment. The manager of my apartment complex wanted to charge me $2000 to break my lease. Basically, she tried to tell me that the Soldiers and Sailors Act only applies during wartime AND only to service members who are ACTUALLY FIGHTING in the war. I was about ready to knock her fu*kin' teeth out in front of everyone in the leasing office! In the end, my recruiter told me to cite the details of the law in my 'notice to vacate' and to tell the manager that the Navy was ready to provide a JAG attorney to defend my case in court if necessary. Needless to say...THE BITCH LOST!!! All I have to do is pay my last month’s rent and drive away Oct. 25th while smoking tires through the parking lot and sticking my middle finger out the window. “You like that?!?! Well there’s more where that came from, baby, yeah!!!!!”
 
ryan77

ryan77

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That's a very good link Hartman, thanks. If I'm reading the section correctly, one has to be active duty to use it. This "active duty" date is printed on your OCS orders, right?
 
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Hartman

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That's correct. Once you have written orders to report for active duty, you are covered under the Soldiers and Sailors Act. In the case of breaking a rental lease, you must receive your orders after you signed the lease. In other words, you didn't know for sure that you were going into the military when you signed the lease. I haven't read through the entire document, but apparently, this law has other stipulations that will help you to gain control of credit card debt and other problems.

Here's another link that summarizes the Soldiers and Sailors Act in terms that are easy to understand: http://usmilitary.about.com/library/weekly/aa111201a.htm

This law is a blessing to military personnel. It helps to protect us from all the jackasses who want to reap the benefits of being an American, but don't want to chip in.
 
ryan77

ryan77

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Excellent, that's good info. I think the JAG threat was the clincher!

I find it amazing that someone didn't want to help a future US Naval Officer out with this. Probably the same type of people who don't register for the draft or pay their fair share of taxes.
 
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Hartman

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Yeah, well, her behavior didn't really surprise me though. The lady is about 50 years old, UUUUUUUgly, and as single as a dollar bill. She hates me because she knows that I'm going to be riding around in a shiny Vette on a beach-front road at sunset with some hot chick in the passenger seat (who won't really be visible to other motorists by the way [}:)]).
 
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ghost_ttu

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I still can't wait for the part where you smoke your tires and extend the bird when you leave that place!!!

"praying to the SNA board gods couldn't hurt...."
 
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Originally posted by Hartman
...road at sunset with some hot chick in the passenger seat (who won't really be visible to other motorists by the way [}:)]).
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Um...so you AREN't going to Pensacola then?
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"Hot" is not how I'd describe the natives there.

One other little piece of info that's important...and I'm not sure how this applies to people who are not in the service yet, but once in the service, just because you have PCS orders does NOT mean a place or person has to let you out of the lease. There does need to be a military clause in the lease. Usually this isn't a big deal, but just FYI.
 
Falcaner

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and I'm not sure how this applies to people who are not in the service yet, but once in the service, just because you have PCS orders does NOT mean a place or person has to let you out of the lease. There does need to be a military clause in the lease. Usually this isn't a big deal, but just FYI.
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Always make sure that your lease has this clause or you will end up like me and my roommates, and having to fight your leasing company. Also if this does happen ask your command for help a letter from the jag office goes a long way[:D]
 
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Valion310

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The Soldiers & Sailors Act is also a nice little thing to have when its time to deploy, so be sure to get your military clause paper work done with future apartments and lease's.

All hail the single ship salute out the window!
 
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