SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES:

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1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 01 SEPTEMBER 2010, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGER, NORWAY, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SENEGAL, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TANZANIA, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM AND URUGUAY THE REVIEWS ARE GROUPED BY TYPE OF ALLOWANCE (SECTION A: COST-OF- LIVING; SECTION B: OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE; SECTION C: EXCHANGE RATES, SECTION D: NO CHANGES BASED ON REVIEW); THEREFORE, A COUNTRY/ LOCALITY MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA , 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, , 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA , 999 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, , COUNTRY: (BN) BENIN

2 COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 136 N/C N/C N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (UV) BURKINA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA , 036, 053, 073, , 025, 029, 044, , 037, 076, , 081, , 089 COUNTRY: (CT) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (CD) CHAD COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE , 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CH) CHINA , CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

3 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 118 N/C 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CF) CONGO COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA 130 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC , 999 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK , 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (EK) EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE , 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201

4 COUNTRY: (GB) GABON COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY , 027, 039, 055, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 228, 301, 307, 311, 313, 317, 323, 329, 355, 359, 503, 603, 655, 663, 700, 741, , 531, , 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 539, 573, 703, 721, , 169, 223, , 205, , 230, , 139 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, None N/C , 007 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY , 999 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND 140 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, , , 007, 022, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, , 066 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

5 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN 148 N/C , N/C 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, N/C N/C 007, 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, N/C N/C 041, N/C 018, 052, N/C N/C 016, N/C N/C 080, 106 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA , 010, 025, 035, 050, , 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, , , COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA 132 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI

6 COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA 118 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 065, 070, , COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND , 006, 999 COUNTRY: (NG) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU , 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND , 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL CHANGE CODE(S): D

7 COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA 136 N/C N/C 005, COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN , , 014, 016, 018, , 008, 009, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND 216 N/C 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO

8 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM , , 388, , 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, , , , COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 130 N/C 003, 999

9 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: NOTE: FOR MOST COUNTRIES, OHA TABLES ARE PUBLISHED IN LOCAL CURRENCY. ALL CURRENCY CHANGES ARE REPORTED IN SECTION C. COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE SANTIAGO VINA DEL MAR OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE SANTIAGO VINA DEL MAR OTHER COUNTRY: (CH) CHINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

10 O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 CHINA: CH BEIJING 005 N/C N/C N/C LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 CHINA: CH BEIJING 005 N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE OTHER COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

11 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GG) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 GERMANY: 7/ GM BAMBERG (B) 229 N/C N/C N/C 980 N/C N/C GEILENKIRCHEN (NRW) 531 N/C N/C 1200 N/C HEIDELBERG (BW) 1/ 19 N/C 1620 N/C N/C N/C N/C KIEL (INCL ECKERNFORDE) (SH) N/C N/C MANNHEIM (INCL SANDHOFEN) (BW) 39 N/C N/C N/C 1280 N/C N/C MUNICH (INCL FURSTENFELDBRUCK AND OBERPFAFFENHOFEN) (B) 133 N/C N/C N/C SCHWEINFURT (B) 227 N/C N/C N/C 990 N/C N/C SPANGDAHLEM 741 SAME AS OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE STUTTGART MILITARY COMMUNITY (BW) 4/ 55 N/C N/C 1857 N/C N/C N/C VILSECK/GRAFENWOEHR 231 N/C N/C N/C WIESBADEN (H) 5/ N/C N/C N/C N/C OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE 8/ 655 N/C N/C N/C 1350 N/C N/C LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 GERMANY: 7/ GM BAMBERG (B) 229 N/C N/C N/C N/C GEILENKIRCHEN (NRW) N/C N/C N/C KIEL (INCL ECKERNFORDE) (SH) N/C N/C N/C MANNHEIM (INCL SANDHOFEN) (BW) 39 N/C N/C N/C N/C MUNICH (INCL FURSTENFELDBRUCK AND OBERPFAFFENHOFEN) (B) 133 N/C SCHWEINFURT (B) 227 N/C N/C N/C N/C SPANGDAHLEM 741 SAME AS OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE STUTTGART MILITARY COMMUNITY (BW) 4/ N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C VILSECK/GRAFENWOEHR 231 N/C OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE 8/ 655 N/C N/C

12 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Effective 01 September 2010, Utility Allowance is revised to 699 Euro for personnel in Souda Bay and to 646 Euro in all other locations in Greece COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

13 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 KOREA: KS CHUNCHON 007 SAME AS OTHER INCHON 010 SAME AS OTHER KWANJU AB 017 SAME AS OTHER OSAN AB (INCL YONGIN) 025 N/C N/C N/C SEOUL (K- 16FLD/C.MERCER/SITE TANGO & 33) 140 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C SEOUL (K- 16FLD/C.MERCER/SITE TANGO & 33) 140 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C SEOUL (USFK WAIVER) 175 SAME AS SEOUL SUWON 050 SAME AS OSAN OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 KOREA: KS CHUNCHON 007 SAME AS OTHER INCHON 010 SAME AS OTHER KWANJU AB 017 SAME AS OTHER OSAN AB (INCL YONGIN) 025 N/C N/C N/C SEOUL (K- 16FLD/C.MERCER/SITE TANGO & 33) N/C N/C SEOUL (USFK WAIVER) 175 SAME AS SEOUL SUWON 050 SAME AS OSAN OTHER COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 LG LATVIA LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 LG LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

14 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

15 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Effective 01 September 2010, Utility Allowance is revised to 797 Francs for personnel in Switzerland COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER

16 SECTION C EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION: CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON VALUE FLUCTUATIONS OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS IN RELATION TO THE U.S. DOLLAR. EXCHANGE RATES USED BY THE COMMITTEE FOLLOW: LOCALITY FROM TO AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GIBRALTAR GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY

17 LOCALITY FROM TO JAPAN KOREA KOSOVO LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) RUSSIA SENEGAL SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)

18 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AC) ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 September 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Antigua and Barbuda based on data review COUNTRY: (BA) BAHRAIN CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 September 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Bahrain based on data review COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 September 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Colombia based on data review COUNTRY: (DR) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 September 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Dominican Republic based on data review COUNTRY: (ID) INDONESIA CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 September 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Indonesia based on data review COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 September 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Tanzania based on data review POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR (703) , COMM, FAX , OR joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil

19 ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THREE OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (DMDC); THE PER DIEM COMMITTEE'S FTP SERVER ( AND THE WEB. THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA ANY OF THE THREE MODES MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD ACCESS THE DATA THROUGH THEIR NORMAL FINANCE CENTER ORGANIZATION OR PARENT AGENCY. 2. WHERE PRACTICAL, ONLY LOCALITIES WHICH WERE REVIEWED ARE LISTED. LOCALITIES NOT LISTED REMAIN UNCHANGED. NO LISTING IS DELETED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED. 3. COST-OF-LIVING AND OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) CHANGE CODE SYMBOLS ARE: 'D' (CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA), N (NO CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA) AND 'X' (CHANGES BASED ON A FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENT) 4. DATA CHANGES TO COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF RETAIL PRICE SCHEDULES RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR FROM COMMANDS. 5. DATA CHANGES TO OHA RENTAL ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF DFAS FINANCE CENTER DATA AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FROM COMMANDS; CHANGES TO UTILITY/RECURRING MAINTENANCE, AND TO MOVE-IN HOUSING (MIHA)/MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF HOUSING SURVEYS SUBMITTED BY PERSONNEL.