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Comment by RebeccaProudWife on May 9, 2013 at 6:25pm

Abuon18 Yes, :) the information you said is what we have. :)

It was our understanding that BAH wouldn't change till I move but the guy in the office told us it changes on PIR date because I was on his orders.He could have filled out a chit to keep the BAH to my location until i moved.

We look very closely at the LES every month and had the understanding it takes a month  or so, as you said. But by the time you add in how long it took me to move here and the month of waiting to see the changes, it was 4 months. My husband went in as soon as he could to change it. We knew there can be a mix up on the pay so we saved the difference in BAH, just thought it was 1 month not 4. The gentleman also said that it is a separate task to change the LES to reflect on BAH.

That is what happened for us.

Comment by jacintaaradanasSHIP13DIV096 on May 9, 2013 at 12:06pm

Does anyone have info on moving to pcola? My husband is there fòr A school for 6 months. Just got there about a week ago. I want to move myself and my son out there. I believe this has to be a do it yourself move. Any info will e helpful! I've already called fleet and family support left a couple of voicemails.

Comment by abuon18 on May 9, 2013 at 8:43am

Urabisswife, sorry to tell you, someone probably just didn't want to do the paperwork. That's not true. While your husband is in school they are supposed to give you BAH for where ever YOU live (not him-you as the spouse). Whether that is you stay at home or move with him. I also was not "approved" to move with my husband. They can't approve or disapprove it - they can only pay or not pay for the move. But they still changed our BAH because I was now residing in a different location. Some commands require a copy of the lease though to update your address and change BAH, so since you were living in a hotel and not an apartment, I don't know if they would have been able to update that anyway.

RebeccaProudNavyWife, the LES is the Leave and Earnings Statement-basically it's their pay stub. It just reflects how much they get paid. It can be found on my pay. When their page 2 is updated with a new address it can take a couple of pay periods to kick in. It is our husband's responsibilities to check their LES's to make sure their pay is correct because the military does like to screw up pay but I haven't heard of BAH being changed before the spouse moves.

Comment by RebeccaProudWife on May 3, 2013 at 11:23am

As fare as BAH and page 2...I was on my husband's order to move, he updated his page 2 but they kept giving us BAH for our old zip code. Originally he was told told BAH wouldn't change until I moved. However BAH changes on day of PIR because his school is over 20 weeks. We now owe them back the difference in BAH for several months. They said just because page 2 is updated doesn't mean the Sailor's LES is updated...that was our experience as UravissWife said, everyone's experience is different.

We had decided if the Navy didn't move us, I was going to put every thing in storage and stay with family. Then use BAH to go visit a few times on weekends.

Comment by UrabissWife on May 3, 2013 at 12:07am

not every A school has phases....I suppose its different depending on the situation because we were told BAH would not change because the navy didn't approve of me going to be with my husband.... just an example of how everyone's experience in the navy is different

Comment by Tiff(Ship 11 Div 057) on May 2, 2013 at 11:43pm

My husband has A school here in great lakes and his school is s about 6 months. The military paid me back for my move. I packed everything myself and drove it to great lakes. My husband got us a house after he was in school for only two weeks once he went to phase 2. So if he is in school more than 6 months they will move you. I knew where his school was going g to be before he ever left for boot camp because of his rank. Everyone has different stories though but I called fleet and family several times to get my facts and then waited on my husbands letters which had the same info.

Comment by abuon18 on May 2, 2013 at 11:37pm

Every A school has phases. And BAH does change even the Navy does not move you, like if you move yourself to be with your husband during his A school for only 3 months. BAH changes for whatever zip code you reside in while your husband is in school, AS LONG AS HE UPDATES HIS PAGE 2. The only reason BAH would not get changed is if he doesn't update his page 2.

Comment by UrabissWife on May 2, 2013 at 11:14pm

the navy wont move you that is for sure. you can go down there and be with him though. just on your on expense. that's great that they have phases at the school, my husband had phases also so that means he will have free time. and welcome to the navy life, not knowing anything . and  I promise you that does not change :P drives me crazy! my husbands deployment has been changed 3 times and his DETS have changed so much I don't even remember how many times.
keep in mind, if you move to be with him, the navy will only pay for you to move where you are now, b//c that is where your BAH is for. and since the navy doesn't move you to be with him, your BAH location will not change. yes the NRTC FB page still does the pictures :P I wasn't lucky enough to see my husband but they post new pictures all the time :)

Comment by FutureSailor on May 2, 2013 at 10:59pm

They only move you if he has school for 6 months or longer for A school. IS school is only 3 months. I did have a married guy in my class that brought his wife up once he made phase three liberty and he lived in an apartment with her except on duty days. You guys will have to make the best decision for you guys when the time comes. My class didn't get orders until the last week of school so you guys might have to wait that long as well... I understand the rough part! It was so hard when I was home and my hubs was at bootcamp! Did you know Rtc has a Facebook page and they post pics on occasion? My div actually made the Facebook page one day and everyone was so happy at home! You should check it out...hopefully they are still doing it...

Comment by Dijana3312 on May 2, 2013 at 9:44pm

Than, you for your comment, it explained a lot. My husband has so far only been gone a little over a week, so I haven't heard anything yet. I did receive the letter of where to send my letters as well as the box of belongings. I have to admit that even this little bit of the whole journey has been pretty rough. I hate not knowing anything or not being able to talk to him. I'm dying to find out what's going to happen to us after bootcamp, so far ive had a lot of ppl say that he will go on to A school and ill stay here and wait for him to get orders. He was under the assumption that we'd both be able to go to. His A school destination together but I don't think that will happen.

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