Should we really get BAH and BAS if we are deployed?

My rent does not go away when I deploy. I still pay that, I still pay for utilities minus cable and cell phone. One could say you could move out and put all your stuff in storage. That would be a huge hardship IMO. There are a bunch of reasons this is unacceptable to even suggest. In some markets finding a place to rent isn't that easy. Also not everyone rents. Some people buy a property and still have to pay their mortgage. Unless congress were to enact a law to freeze mortgages for deployed personnel, which will never happen, then it would be a substantial loss of income.

As long as you are maintaining a lease or mortgage you should continue to get it. The government can find ways to get money without screwing us over at very turn.

BAH should still be given to service members that have dependents back home. Many service members are the sole source of income for their families and without BAH their dependents could end up without a home or a means of support.

If you plan to come back to your home, you probably have to keep paying the bills. Just saying.

BAH is for dependent housing. Not for the Soldier. So yes on that part. BAS no we shouldn't. BAS is for the Soldier to eat. Not the dependent.

Why are we really even asking this question? Of course a portion of the reason we do this job is to be part of something greater than ourselves and to protect those back home but lets be realistic. Were not at the point where people are going to do this job for free. Instead of taking more and more away from the people doing all the work for what is sometimes not nearly enough money lets take away from the "CEO's" i mean politicians who are getting several hundred thousand in wages and kickbacks and stop snubbing the working man!

if you are getting before you are deployed you should continue to get it when deployed

You only get BAH if you do NOT live on base, which is either due to overcrowding or youre a reservist. I don't understand why this is even a topic. BAH isn't required in most instances as the military doesn't need to pay for a service member's housing if they live on base, as its 'paid' for already, but a reservist who is called to duty knows there is a usually tremendous pay gap if they only have pay and not BAH. Its not rocket science, the civilian sector has MUCH higher wages, so the DoD should mitigate or atleast have decency to make up the difference somewhat.

Yes....unless you want to double it?

Single=no; married=geo-bachelor

Both BAH and BAS don't only help service members that live in non-government housing it also helps the family members of that service member while they are deployed. I think that if you are a service member with no dependants then maybe not receive the full, but those thay do should still get full BAH and BAS.