Mil to Mil (maybe) BAH Question

[KF6VZU]

I am married with kids, have been since before I joined the military and so I've been getting BAH all along. This post is for a friend of mine who approached me and told me that she was pregnant by another friend of mine. The two are not married and they both live off base. Basically her question was would her BAH go up, would his stay the same and if they got married while they were both in the military (he only has about 6 months left with no intention of re-enlisting) what would their BAH do? :confused: I have been told that in Mil to Mil, the higher ranking person gets full BAH and the lower ranking person gets half (he is an E-4 and she's an E-3 so as of right now, their BAH is the same). Basically for her, I just want to know if, for the time being, it would be more economical for the two of them to stay single, as single BAH is well over half dependent BAH. Thank you for any posts and advice you can give me.

[CrustySMSgt]

IF they got married (which sounds like a pretty dumb idea, if the sole reason is financial) the higher ranking member would get depenant rate and the other would get single rate. If they don't, she would get depenant rate, and if she filed for support, he would get BAQ diffErential to pay the support.

[Shaken1976]

Yup what he said. My husband and I are mil to mil. Both the same rank. He gets with dependent and I get single. We sometimes joke that we should have stayed single so we could both get with dependent rate and just live together with the kiddo's. But then we wouldn't get to stay together and somehow I think the AF would catch on if we divorced everytime we got to a new stationed and remarried when it was time for orders..... :)

[nikkir2004]

yep that is correct. I am mil to mil and my husband out ranks me and he gets dependant rate and i get single rate.

if we both didn't get BAH in the first place we wouldn't be able to afford to live off base. and financially it is better for us to live off base.

[SailorDave]

We sometimes joke that we should have stayed single so we could both get with dependent rate and just live together with the kiddo's. But then we wouldn't get to stay together and somehow I think the AF would catch on if we divorced everytime we got to a new stationed and remarried when it was time for orders..... :)
You'd each have to claim a different dependent to both get w/dependents rate. Also, you couldn't share the same government housing, if that was your wish. Plus, the aforementioned possibility of separation. You made the right choice.

[babadekun]

I am married with kids, have been since before I joined the military and so I've been getting BAH all along. This post is for a friend of mine who approached me and told me that she was pregnant by another friend of mine. The two are not married and they both live off base. Basically her question was would her BAH go up, would his stay the same and if they got married while they were both in the military (he only has about 6 months left with no intention of re-enlisting) what would their BAH do? :confused: (http://www.dataentryforall.net) I have been told that in Mil to Mil (http://www.dataentryforall.net), the higher ranking person gets full BAH and the lower ranking person gets half (he is an E-4 and she's an E-3 so as of right now, their BAH is the same). Basically for her, I just want to know if, for the time being, it would be more economical for the two of them to stay single, as single BAH is well over half dependent BAH. Thank you for any posts and advice you can give me.

Well, if both get married, the BAH of your friend who will go up(not that of the one who has six months left and no intention of re-enlisting). Also, i don't think it will be economical if both of them stays single.

[babadekun]

Yup what he said. My husband and I are mil to mil. Both the same rank. He gets with dependent and I get single. We sometimes joke that we should have stayed single so we could both get with dependent rate and just live together with the kiddo's. But then we wouldn't get to stay together and somehow I think the AF would catch on if we divorced everytime we got to a new stationed and remarried when it was time for orders..... :)

I don't even have the intention of marrying a mil(i will better marry someone who knows nothing about mil)