https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I live in the same city where my AIT was conducted. I tried to go to finance yesterday to have them help me apply BAH to my account I’m owed from over a month ago plus this month since when we’ve been married. They told me i had to go to S1 but when i told them i was out of training and didn’t know where that was they said there was nothing they could do for me. And to contact my new duty station at Ft. Irwin and only they could help me. I’m on 10 days of leave and will be here for awhile. I called ft Irwin and no one ever answers the phone no matter what time of day it is. I need to apply for housing there as well so we can get on the wait list sooner than later. Problem is i can’t apply for housing without proof of BAH which they won’t help me with at finance. I have no idea what to do or how to solve this dilemma Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:26:43 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I live in the same city where my AIT was conducted. I tried to go to finance yesterday to have them help me apply BAH to my account I’m owed from over a month ago plus this month since when we’ve been married. They told me i had to go to S1 but when i told them i was out of training and didn’t know where that was they said there was nothing they could do for me. And to contact my new duty station at Ft. Irwin and only they could help me. I’m on 10 days of leave and will be here for awhile. I called ft Irwin and no one ever answers the phone no matter what time of day it is. I need to apply for housing there as well so we can get on the wait list sooner than later. Problem is i can’t apply for housing without proof of BAH which they won’t help me with at finance. I have no idea what to do or how to solve this dilemma SGT Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:26:43 -0400 2018-07-31T14:26:43-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3841857&urlhash=3841857 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Go to your S1 or Finance office! SGT Eric Davis Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:22:56 -0400 2018-07-31T15:22:56-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3842003&urlhash=3842003 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow, did you speak to your unit first. It is not a norm to be married during training. Training units are not generally equipped to have quick solutions as it is not the norm. Yo need to go to the base in and out processing if the training unit does not understand. Gaining housingthere is highly unlikely. The best you can hope for is BAH., which can take a pay period or two. As for your gaining unit, you can do nothing until your wife is added to your orders. That happens at the same building as does your BAH authorization orders to will take some time. Go to the 1SG and ask for help. Please retain this as a lesson learned for your future Soldiers. You may not need permission in the US to get married it is wise to work through all of the requirements associated before you do. You may be forced to PCS without your spouse. All of this pain could have been avoided by speaking with your COC. Thank you for your service and good luck. CSM Darieus ZaGara Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:32:00 -0400 2018-07-31T16:32:00-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3842048&urlhash=3842048 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You&#39;re saying that finance turned you away? That&#39;s prime time for an ICE complaint.<br />However, it will probably be easiest for you to PCS, apply for BAH at your new unit, get your home, and then have your wife join you. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:45:26 -0400 2018-07-31T16:45:26-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3842099&urlhash=3842099 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1. If you graduated, then you no longer belong to TRADOC, but your unit at Ft. Irwin technically. 2. When you arrive at Ft Irwin One Stop to in process- that all your marriage paperwork with you to get it processed. After you are assigned to a unit, or better yet, take your wife with you to One Stop and you can get her an ID card and get her enrolled in DEERS. SGM Bill Frazer Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:13:29 -0400 2018-07-31T17:13:29-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3842286&urlhash=3842286 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If it is the money you need you can normally go to any military base (Army, Navy etc) and get an advanced pay. 1SG Robert Shaver Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:30:18 -0400 2018-07-31T18:30:18-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3842317&urlhash=3842317 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If all else fails, via the phone, walk your butt into the base operations NCO, request to sign-in off of leave. Take care of your family! You then become the bases problem... You sought help, no one wants to give it! Make someone wake up and be an NCO and help a new troop out whom is a NUG to the system! Obviously you were either briefed of things you shouldn’t do and did disobeying, or were never privy to what you can and cannot do during training! A lack of communication on your previous Commands fault and should be briefed to troops in the future classes - lessons learned and I’m sure they will hear about it either way. The key here is you are now married and need some assistance! Take care of your spouse while you are in garrison... Learn that lesson well, and heed it for it will serve you well in your future in this man’s Army! If all else fails, seek out a Chaplain, they have a way of making things happen too! SGT Jim Ramge, MBA Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:40:15 -0400 2018-07-31T18:40:15-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3842899&urlhash=3842899 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The first thing you have to do is get your spouse enrolled in DEERS. Finance can’t do anything until that happens so they were correct when they told you that hence the reason why they told you to go to your S1. Your first stop should have been your platoon sergeant or cadre because they probably would have guided you in the right direction. After the enrollment in DEERS you must go see your S1 to apply for BAH. If you are on leave you will have to wait to get to your new duty station in order to apply for housing. If you’re close to a military installation you can take your spouse with you to do her enrollment. She will need her birth certificate and her Social Security card (must be original or certified copy) and of course the original marriage certificate. I hope this helps. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:11:40 -0400 2018-07-31T23:11:40-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3843320&urlhash=3843320 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is something you need to do as part of your in process at Ft. Irwin. Based on your story you already signed out of your AIT station so there is nothing they can do. Also, don’t hold your breath on back pay. I could be wrong but hey will pay you from the day you add your spouse in DEERS. MAJ Javier Rivera Wed, 01 Aug 2018 06:08:31 -0400 2018-08-01T06:08:31-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/married-a-month-ago-to-civilian-in-ait-where-do-i-go-for-bah-to-be-applied-plus-backpay-and-where-do-i-get-help-with-applying-for-housing?n=3844921&urlhash=3844921 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You&#39;ll square away your BAH once you reach your first PCS. As of now you are in a transient status, and probably collecting transient BAH. LCpl Ferdinand Hughes Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:49:48 -0400 2018-08-01T15:49:48-04:00 2018-07-31T14:26:43-04:00