Posted on Jul 8, 2020
How can you be eligible to stay in the barracks as a married Soldier?
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Background info.... Currently I am stationed in Fort Carson and a few months back I had to extended to transfer my GI bill to my wife. After I extended I came down on orders to Fort Irwin. My wife is in a 2 year program here in Colorado and will be staying here to complete it. Am I able to be assigned a barracks room at Fort Irwin in a geographical bachelor status? I know that we are electing to not move together, but if I am unable to get a barracks room there is no way that the $1300 BAH will be able to cover living in California and Colorado.
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If you get barracks space it would be space available and you could be put out. The Army is not obligated to to two households.
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You can absolutely live in the barracks as a GEO. When you do your 5960, just ensure you have your wife’s lease and they will pay BAH based on wife’s location
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Military Puts an End to Geographic Bachelor Program
The military has suspended the past practice of allowing married service members who choose to voluntarily live apart from their families to live in base barracks. Soldiers drawing a housing allowance who have dependents can no longer live in barracks.
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Fort Irwin has apartments there on base mainly for single NCOs E-6 and above.
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