In addition to or in place of SBP, a military member can provide an array of benefits for a child with a disability. In most cases a disabled child over age 18 can be designated as an Incapacitated Dependent (DD Form 137-5) and be permanently eligible for military post privileges as well as TriCare health benefits.he member can select a lesser benefit at less cost, if they choose. The military member can select between coverage for a spouse only, a spouse and children, or children only. The member pays about 6.5% of retirement pay for SBP for a spouse and only about $20/month for dependent children.
Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems. The University of North Carolina's mascot, the Tarheels, is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar, and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar.
The information on Lighthouse Facts was obtained from the United States Lighthouse Society. * The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Constructed between 300 and 280 BC by Ptolemy I and his son Ptolemy II, it stood about 450 feet high.This lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.The most expensive lighthouse built in America is St. George Reef, off Crescent City, CA. It took ten years to construct (1882-1892) and cost $715,000.00. The Coast Guard abandoned it in 1972. *The Lighthouse Service was created in 1789 by the 9th Act of the first Congress.