Posted on Feb 5, 2019
Should a Reservist who is not married, has no dependents, and is paying a mortgage, be paid BAH when on active orders for 30+ days?
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If so, what is the army regulation that gives this very specific case? I've been looking in AR 37-104-4 and it doesn't include the reserves.
Posted 6 y ago
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Yes 30+ days and you get all the same benefits as being on Active duty.
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Thank you SSG. I was. Looking for the army regulation to show my S1. The only thing I was shown was a finance guide for the USAR. Seems official, but hope It will be enough to convince him because he asked specifically for the regulation.
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SPC (Join to see) - This link will have all the information needed. Whoever is running your S-1 shop should already know but S-1 is not finance that should be your UA which he/she should know. If you are at a post on orders going through a MOB or activation that post finance will deal with it all and they will know a reserve S-1 shop seems to forget a lot of stuff. But make sure you have your lease ect you should have completed your start bah form 5960 I believe it is.
https://www.usar.army.mil/Portals/98/Documents/resources_docs/Finance%20Guide%20for%20USAR%20Soldiers.pdf?ver=2017-01-19-094953-317
https://www.usar.army.mil/Portals/98/Documents/resources_docs/Finance%20Guide%20for%20USAR%20Soldiers.pdf?ver=2017-01-19-094953-317
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You are entitled to Tricare ect if 30+ days. That is the reason why most units cut orders 29 days or less.
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BAH without dependents, it's a thing for active duty and reserves on orders for 30+ days.
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Because that Soldier still has to maintain a house back home. Once those orders are done that soldier cannot go back to nothing. That is the reason why Reserve soldier over 30+ days get full everything they must maintain a house back home so if they are not married but have a lease they need to bring it with them to ensure BAH is paid.
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