Are junior Officers allowed to live in the barracks?

Unfortunately you won’t be able to live in any barracks and draw BAH. Your family departing is a choice, so the Military won’t compensate you because they are authorized to be with you.

Officers do not live in Barracks, they are reserved for enlisted personnel. There may be a Transient Officer's Quarters where, depending on availability, you may be able to stay for a nominal fee.

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I realize this is just a suggestion, and it'd probably be denied, however, I'd seen, I'd gathered, that you're at Ft. Bliss, perhaps? I couldn't be certain, of course, however, just as an idea, maybe you could ask the quarters manager for the installation, or their staff, maybe asking the chaplains for help to ask for you as well, if you might be able to use either BOQ or VOQ/TDY housing there, even if only for awhile, you know? I'd found this, I just figured I'd send it...once, where I was, another Lt was in the BOQ next to me, he'd apparently snuck in there, God only knows how, for months, with his wife and kid, I'd seen...evidently, he hadn't been noticed doing it, for a fairly long while, I mean, he'd been really pretty blatant about it, I'd seen, he was eventually stopped, thankfully...that was the only time I'd ever encountered something like that...clearly, there'd be rules as to how long you could be allowed to make use of such a possibility, even if allowed, obv...that being said, I just figured it'd at least be worth suggesting, if nothing else, ya know, esp if the chaplains might be able to intercede to try to help, I'd thought, maybe, also, as well...in any event, just an idea, honest....