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Question about housing
Let's say a couple is dual military and want to live on base.. do they take both BAH or just one? Does it change if they have kids?
What if one is O and one is E?
Formerly known as E&M
Re: Question about housing
It depends if it's privatized.
If housing is not privatized, they take both BAHs.
If housing is privatized, they take the higher ranking member's BAH.
This is why we live off base. Having no dependents, we qualify for the smallest house, so basically as two NCOs, we'd be paying $2500 for a two bedroom house, while a junior enlisted with a kid essentially pays $900 for a three bedroom house.
That is insanity.
This.
I thought they were moving all housing to being privatized?
I lived in base housing when I was dual-mil, and they took out H's BAH since he was higher ranking, plus a bit extra to equal the dependent rate. In our case it was worth it because we were able to save a lot more than we would have living off-base.
They would be able to live in officer housing since the higher ranking pays the BAH. Once they have kids, the higher ranking member will receive dependent rate BAH and the other will still receive single rate.
That's the goal, but we're not all there yet. My current base still isn't.
Gotcha!
Anyway, how are you feeling?
I've never stopped thinking about joining. It just got put on hold a little bit for various reasons. I don't know if I'd mind being the enlisted spouse in O housing. I guess I never really thought about it.
I asked mainly because I was driving to work (when I think of the most random things) and thought how this would work. Our neighbors are dual mil and one is O and one is E, but they live off base so I didn't know how that would work.
I'm good! Plenty of energy, less nausea than I've had in months, and I'm able to do way more walking around now than I have during the rest of the pregnancy, so I'm happy.
That's awesome!! I'm happy for you!
Like I said in the other thread..
I'm totally doing this wrong. I want a 5 bedroom house! ::stomps foot::
This really ruffles my feathers.
I would be piised if I worked my way up to Captain and got that (presumably nice) housing and A1C with < 3 years and his wife with 5 billion kids moved in next door and got the same housing because homeboy can't wrap it up.
Not entirely the same, but I live in a combined SNCO and CGO housing area. One neighbor is an E-7, the other is an 0-3. I'm at a smaller base though so it makes sense. There is not a lot of housing, and they still separate the junior NCOs/airmen and FGOs.
This I could see.. especially with a smaller base/post.
H is junior enlisted and I feel the same way you do! Officer housing/neighborhoods are for people that have worked their way up there. They deserve that housing because they earned it (and higher ranking enlisted for that matter). Now J-E shouldn't get super nice housing because his wife pops out a kid every year. It's just not right.
*applause* a chick here on base was just b!tching to me about how upset she was that she couldn't get a nice 4 bedroom house... her H JUST picked up ( I'm talking on the 1st of April) E-5 and she's pregnant with #2 and moving to Jr Enlisted 3 bedroom...The same move we just made. She's all " I couldn't get a nice house and I have to be subjected to living next to trashy neighbors because my H doesn't want to be an officer." O_O They're GIVING you a nice, renovated house ( not a tower) because you're having a new baby. You don't have to pay bills if you don't want to have cable/ internet. We live a minute away from the commissary. It's a fine area. Shut. up.