Posted on Apr 12, 2021
Will I get BAH if I am on unaccompanied orders and my wife and I will not be together?
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I’m currently married, have two children, have shipped HHG, receive BAH, and just PCS’d. However im in unaccompanied orders as my wife and I are not together. Will I get BAH? my children will be visiting for long amounts of time. I cannot keep them or their furniture in the barracks and cannot afford hotels either.
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You're not on unaccompanied orders. Just because your spouse is living somewhere else does not mean the Army ordered you to PCS unaccompanied. Unaccompanied tours are overseas tours.
You'll receive BAH for your current duty station, you will not be authorized to stay in the barracks. How you pay for two households is up to you.
You'll receive BAH for your current duty station, you will not be authorized to stay in the barracks. How you pay for two households is up to you.
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SFC, thank you. I was told by the finance office at my last duty station that because they were not coming with me, I would most likely end up in the barracks and not receive BAH. I hope the finance office here does not say the same.
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SPC (Join to see) the only way that would happen is if your spouse is military, which gets more complicated. Otherwise if you're the military person with a dependent and you're at a CONUS duty station you will receive BAH and are not authorized to live in the barracks. DFAS doesn't care where your family lives
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SFC (Join to see) My duty station is Fort Shafter in Hawaii. Does this change anything you mentioned before?
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SPC (Join to see) Hawaii is overseas. You'll be in the barracks and receive BAH for where your spouse resides. If your HHG haven't shipped you might want to cancel that shipment.
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Yep, BAH is paid because you're married regardless of your duty station. I *THINK* the only time it's adjusted down, is if you and your family reside in government quarters. I never did, so I'm only guessing that's the case.
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