Posted on Jan 12, 2018
If I am married and my wife does not move to Hawaii with me for a PCS, will I be put in the barracks?
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And if so, would I lose BAH and be required to pay out of pocket for where she is staying?
If I don’t lose bah or stay in the barracks would I get the bah rate for where she is or my duty location?
If I don’t lose bah or stay in the barracks would I get the bah rate for where she is or my duty location?
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BAH
Hawaii
Helemano Military Reservation
Posted 8 y ago
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You can PCS unaccompanied. You can still claim your apartment/home for BAH, but you'll receive BAH under the rate at your current duty station and not the one [Hawaii] you're going too. I had the same question on my previous PCS. Go and talk with housing because you're not the only one who PCSs without their spouse/family.
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If you are a geo bachelor (your spouse lives elsewhere), you will get the BAH rate for where they are, not where you are.
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SGM Erik Marquez
Not really sir....GEO bachelor is if the SM is directed to move on orders without family. If the SM CHOOSES to move and leave family behind still receiving BAH for that family location, the SM is NOT a Geo Bachelor and by reg not authorized housing at the duty station... The post may elect to ignore that regulation and house the SM in an available room, but its not a right, guarantee or obligation of the unit. That was a choice of the SM to use his BAH for the family at a distant location.... by reg, he is on his own and new location.
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SGM Erik Marquez
SGM Erik Marquez - So perhaps I have outdated info.. US Army Regulation 210-50
Housing Management
Updated 3 October 2005
Is not longer an active reg.... Active duty folks, what is the current reg covering Unaccompanied housing (AKA The Barracks)
Housing Management
Updated 3 October 2005
Is not longer an active reg.... Active duty folks, what is the current reg covering Unaccompanied housing (AKA The Barracks)
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BAH is not for you- but for the family- regs changed so much you would have to check with PAC or finance
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Yes you will be put in the barracks if your are not an E6 and you will receive BAH from wherever your wife is because mainland BAH does not cover the expensive over here in Hawaii and in.order for you to receive BAH for your wife u have to submit flight itenary and etc proving your wife is inbound to the island otherwise u will be in the barracks receiving BAH from where your wife is at.. Also talk to your chain of command when u arrive and see what they say as well.
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I am in Hawaii currently. We have a SFC in my unit that is receiving BAH at the dependent rate for where his family is mainland and BAH at the single rate here. I'm not sure if it's because he is a SNCO or not but it's worth asking about.
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