nevermind.

That's not an Army rule I dont think. I think they get BAH where he is permannently stationed. Not for school's TAD"s etc. Maybe an Army wife will know more but I know when we moved down here and Jeff was still attached to Pax River, we got Pax River BAH till he checked into command here. ANd he went to school enroute.

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Really?? Hmm...for a few months it was good but now they have the same BAH..Pax and MS. I have to go back to work but I'll look around when I get home.

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F*CK it. It's not my problem. She's a spoiled brat and I don't care much. I am only asking cause my MIL KEEPS CALLING ME!!!

I found this online:

https://secureapp2.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bahfaq.html


Q21: Why do you base BAH on my duty location? Why not use my residence location?

The policy decision to use duty location as a basis for entitlement to BAH is based on the desire to compensate members for the typical housing cost within a "reasonable commuting distance" from the member's duty location. Once the duty station is known, the BAH compensation is fixed, regardless of where the member lives. Were we to use the member's residence location as a basis for the entitlement, there is the concern that this would cause members to choose their residence location based on BAH. In some cases, this may lead to some members choosing to live further from their duty station, simply to incur higher BAH. In other cases, when members commute to lower cost areas, members would find their BAH to be lower, even though their commuting expenses are higher. The Services decided to base the entitlement on the duty location with the full knowledge that members would still be free to live where they choose, but that this decision would not affect their BAH entitlement.

Geographically separated families (geographic bachelors) are normally eligible for BAH based on the duty station of the member. The department budgets for support of a certain number of members and families at each location. If a growing number of people decide to leave their families in Washington, or Tampa while the member PCSs to Mt Home or Ft. Hood that could skew the budget and service support planning for these locations. Also, a fundamental philosophy of military service is that members, with their families, create a better work environment and esprit de corps when they can be active participants in the local base and community. In certain circumstances, with specific approval of the secretary of the Service concerned, a member may be granted an exception to receive BAH based on the dependent's location. For example if a member has a sick child that requires medical attention only available in a certain location (say Walter Reed Clinic in Washington DC), and the member receives PCS orders, the member might leave his family in Washington and request BAH eligibility for that location. Such exceptions do not ordinarily apply to "finishing out the school year" or spousal employment.



I would assume your BIL would have some paper work to do!

Yeah, I told her this! :lol I am just really sick of the phone calls. I will email her the link and tell her to stop calling about it! :D Thanks.

LOL I was like what did I say??