my daughter married in December her husband is stationed in Japan aboard the GW she does not want to live in Japan would her BAH be based on Japan or where she lives
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Unless he is going to extend for a 3 years on board and is at least an E4 he cannot change his orders anyway from unaccompanied to accompanied. She must undergo an overseas screening both medical & dental and it has to be granted. Now if he had accompanied orders and she chose not to go he would still have to be there 3 years and might not qualify for BAH or Family Separation at all. There is no BAH in Japan it is called OHA and is only based on the rent that is paid in a rental contract that is approved. If he is in barracks or on the ship then he doesn't get it. He can get BAH based on her zip code which he will have to send her on allotment if that is what he wants to do. He would also qualify for Family Separation of $250 per month after he has been gone longer than 30 days. Now if she can go then she is missing an incredible opportunity. The bases, the culture, a chance of a lifetime.
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My husband was stationed in Germany when we got married. I was not allowed to move to germany with him, as he had less than a year there and did not want to extend his contract to stay in Germany longer. The BAH we got was based on MY zipcode. He also got separation pay. Good luck to your daughter and your son in law!! Some of these other answerers drive me nuts. Some people have other reasons for not wanting to move out of the country. I was in college when I got married. There was no way I was going to drop out of school to go live in Germany for a year. And my husband never would have suggested that I quit school just to live with him. When he PCSed back to the states, we both moved to his next duty station and are now living together. The military is not a typical life.
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she seriously would rather stay in the us? Slap her in the face and tell her to take advantage of that amazing opportunity.
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NWIP has it right! BAH will be based on her location (zip). Although, Japan is like no duty station in the states! As far as choosing not to come, she may not have an option if she wanted to dependent on where he is at timewise on his current orders. Best of luck to her! and them! https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Yokosuka/index.htm
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depends on how his orders read. if they read accompanied, he will NOT get BAH for her location. period. he will get OHA to pay for a place in town only.. assuming they even allow him to get that instead of making him live on board or in the new Afloat Barracks. if he is below E4 she wouldn't be able to live with him anyway and he will get BAH based on her location.
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