Posted: 1/2/2012 4:46:35 PM EDT
| I am leaving for basic in may . I am married , i know my housing allowance will be paid to me while in basic but my question is will i get a separation allowance or a food allowance while i'm there ? |
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I am leaving for basic in may . I am married , i know my housing allowance will be paid to me while in basic but my question is will i get a separation allowance or a food allowance while i'm there ? You'll get spousal sep pay (I did anyway, $250/month) but not food. They're gonna feed you there. |
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When I was in basic (married with 1 child) I got housing allowance (w/ dependants) based on the zip code where I lived when I enlisted. Depending on the cost of living where you live BAH could be a pretty penny.
Google Defense Finance and Accounting Service. You can look up your base pay and BAH rates and know exactly how much you will get before taxes. |
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Quoted: When I was in basic (married with 1 child) I got housing allowance (w/ dependants) based on the zip code where I lived when I enlisted. Depending on the cost of living where you live BAH could be a pretty penny. Google Defense Finance and Accounting Service. You can look up your base pay and BAH rates and know exactly how much you will get before taxes. Correct, he'll get BAH based on dependents location but not BAS (basic allowance for sustinance) IE food. The trick to family sep allowance (FSA) is it's all predicated on your permanent duty station. Boot is not your permanent duty. http://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/payentitlements/fsa.html If your dependents cannot live with you at or near your permanent duty station, whether inside or outside the United States, you may be entitled to FSA. <bt></bt>FSA provides compensation for added expenses incurred because of an enforced family separation under one of the following conditions:
In addition, you may be entitled to FSA when your dependents are evacuated from a danger area and they temporarily occupy government quarters at a safe haven area. A safe haven location may be anywhere in the world named in the evacuation order, or subsequent modification to that order, to which a dependent is directed to relocate on a temporary basis to await a decision by competent authority to either return to the OCONUS permanent duty station or proceed to a designated place. (Reference DoDFMR Vol. 7A chapter 27) FSA is payable at the rate of $250 per month (pro-rated to $8.33 per day for periods less than a month). |