How does BAH work (I have an apartment with my name on the lease but I’m single no dependents)?

You are not going to get BAH. Plain and simple. As an E-2 with no dependents, you are not authorized BAH. You are issued a barracks room for this reason. Why on earth are you renting an apartment when you have a free room in the billets anyways? It is this kind of poor decision making that leads to guys getting hemmed up right quick and in a hurry. The only circumstance that will allow a single E-2 to receive any kind of BAH is if your command approves what is called an Exception to Policy. That being said, these usually only occur when the billets are full and they would probably go to the E-5s and senior E-4s long before an E-2 would ever get this memo.

As a single PV2, unless you are stationed where there is no barracks, you would not be eligible for BAH. Most posts have barracks for single soldiers up to E-6, although a few units allowed BAH to E-6 based on limited barracks space. Your unit should have assigned you a barracks room when you arrived. If not, get with you team leader and they should get you squared away. If not, work your way up the chain of command. Someone knows the answer to your question at your unit.

Why are you renting an apartment rather than living in the free barracks?