About Military Base Housing
Members of the military and their families receive benefits over and above their pay, such as on-base or on-post housing. However, families don't move into an empty unit on their first day at a new duty station. Because they are assigned to units based on rank and family size, the unit they will eventually occupy will not always be immediately vacant. In addition, military families have to adhere to strict rules and regulations in order to continue to receive the privilege of living in military housing.
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Types
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Military base housing (used for Marine, Navy and Air Force housing) and post housing (used for Army housing) is reserved for enlisted, noncommissioned and commissioned officers and their families. Single enlisted military members can live in the barracks or BOQ (Bachelor Officer's Quarters).
Function
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Military housing serves as a tangible benefit separate from pay and other military allowances. With military housing, service members can have their family members accompany them on assignments or Permanent Change of Station (PCS).
Features
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Service members will apply for military housing at their new duty station. It's pretty likely they will have their names put on a waiting list due to the lack of housing for each service member. Those who are waiting for a unit on-base will live off-base and receive the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH).
Considerations
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Living in military housing is like living in a fish bowl. Your neighbors will get to know everything about you; you will get to know everything about your neighbors.
Officers above pay grade 06 will qualify for a four-bedroom unit. Family size is also taken into consideration, as are the ages and genders of children in the family.
Benefits
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Service members and their families live in military housing and have neighbors who are experiencing the same deployments; their spouses serve in the same units. The children get to know each other and go to the same schools. When the military members are deployed overseas, the families left behind can provide badly-needed emotional support.
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