My BAH was lowered while I'm in AIT and my wife resides in another state, help!

The national guard liason is correct for unmarried but there is a form that allows you to get bah from home of record as long as your permanent residence and spouse still reside at the home of record

There's nothing that the JAG would be able to do for you since they deal strictly with the UCMJ and BAH is guided by the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JTR). It's going to come down to when you got married and what type of orders you have. If you were married before boot camp, and have unaccompanied orders to AIT, then you should rate your spouse's BAH. There's a lot of other things that go into calculating it, such as effective dates of orders and other such nerdery.
Also considering I was in the Financial Management Officers Course a few weeks ago and they didn't notify us of any changes or updates, I would take your liaison's advice with a grain of salt. Yes I am a Marine and don't work with Army money, but BAH and pay are universal among the services.
Long story short, if you rated it and they stopped it, you'll get back payed. If you didn't rate it and they gave it to you, you're going to have to pay it back. Talk to your disbursing or finance office and they can sort you out, if you have one. If all else fails, there are always waivers for everything.
Good luck!

I take it NG is national guard right? Then they are confusing the policy, as it is only for active duty. What always works for me is to ask and see the policy and then ask them to show where it says that. They will, but then it should say if it is applicable to the reserve. It is not.

He's bullshiting you bah is for your spouse not you if your ait orders say unaccompanied then you should be receiving bah for where she currently resides

Thank you all! Will talk to my Plt Sgt to make an appt with my S1, will keep you guys updated

Folks, it is remarkable how much misinformation is being provided here. If you don't know the answer or if your only experience is when a similar situation happened to you in 1992, don't respond.

Here are the facts:
1a. Type of orders is paramount
1b. If it is PCS (to include TAD in excess of 20 weeks) then you are paid BAH at the duty location
2. Anything different than this needs to be approved by "the secretarial process" which means that services department head and your S1 likely has zero experience with that
3. Correct reference is JTR CH 10 Paragraph 10416

In conclusion, you rate BAH at the TAD site (since it is in excess of 20 weeks) and it will take the pen of a General Officer to dictate otherwise (unlikely based on the justification provided).

PFC, I know everyone wants to throw their two cents in but their is one big factor here. First, all of you training is paid for by NG funds, it is only funneled through Active duty LOA. The NG is not paying to move you family as you PCS from training station to training station, that's the difference between the NG vs. Active duty and the Reserves (Federally funded). I've experienced this issue by being CADRE at a Training POST and now I see it by being at the Division level with IG complaints. This will all lead back to the NG and no one else, and their policy is not to PCS your family

PFC Your NG career counselor is correct. What most NG and reserve commanders fails to tell their Soldiers going to training is that ARMY policy states anything over 20 weeks you get local BAH, even though your wife is not authorized to PCS with you. If would like this changed, solicit your NG Command team and try to have your orders changes to have your spouse PCS, other wise you will be paying out of your pocket. This was and still is a very common problem that we had at FT Sam Houston with all of our NG Soldiers, I'm very familiar with this. The NG usually isn't willing to pay for family PCS's because it costs the state money, not the federal government. Hope this helps SFC Barber

I just talked to a friend at finance and she said its true... She said she thinks the change is if the duty is 140 days or more then the BAH changes to the duty location... My question again though is if you are guard then when you leave training your BAH goes away...

A PFC, using any sorts of technology during basic and AIT? Never heard of that kind of field trip before in the army. But same advice as everyone else is giving. Get off your rally point app and go talk to finance.