WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2005 – Military family members ordered to evacuate military installations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama due to Hurricane Katrina are now authorized to select an alternate safe haven anywhere in the continental United States, defense officials confirmed today. David S. C. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, announced the new policy in a memo sent to the service secretaries Sept. 1. The authority applies to family members whose housing was declared uninhabitable following the hurricane, Chu wrote. Families affected by the policy qualify for up to two months of advance pay, and military family members...
