BAH,BAS and basic pay

[jim]

Hello everyone

I am new to this board and soon will be new to the guard. I was wondering if I will receive active duty pay during basic and AIT training? if so will I also get housing and food allowances? (I am married with dependents)

Thanks in advance.

[flguardgirl]

Hi Jim. Welcome aboard...no pun intended LOL While you are at basic and ait, you are considered active duty. So you will get full time pay, which is based on your rank. I also have dependents but I'm a single mom so I'm not sure how it would work for your situation. As for housing allowance, I received BAH and separation. The amount of BAH is based on the area where you live. For instance, mine was $540 a month but a guy from WI only got $200+ a month. So that amount will vary. I believe the separation pay is a flat $250 a month, no matter how many dependents you have.

Hope this helps!

[jim]

thank you flguardgirl. I am married with two kids. It is good to know that they will get the housing allowance since it makes a tremendeous difference in my area (BAH for E1 is $880)


Thank you for your time

Jim

[HanksZT]

Don't you receive BAH2 instead of BAH? Because BCT is under 140 days.