Army on base housing

[littlemetz]

My husband goes to basic in january. He is going into the infantry. Hoping to go airborne. I was wondering what the chances are of us getting on base housing? How will we go about trying to get it? I am COMPLETELY new to this so I have no idea what to do. I know there is little I can do right now but I want to learn as much as possible.

[BJo]

Once you guys are married and you are enrolled in DEERS you can get on the housing list. His unit is irrelevant to the process.

[Saigon]

Depends on your base. Once you get your duty station orders it will be a LOT easier to answer.

But it depends on the base. Some have no wait list, some have 18 month wait list.

It depends on how many dependents you have, rank, and all of that.

[BJo]

Sorry I completely spaced that you are in fact married. Like Saigon said, it really is different from post to post.

Where we are at a huge brigade just left so we could have gotten on in a matter of days.

[Saigon]

Are you meaning while he is at Basic and AIT?

I'm not sure if they provide on base housing for dependents during that time...

[littlemetz]

Originally Posted by BJo Once you guys are married and you are enrolled in DEERS you can get on the housing list. His unit is irrelevant to the process.

We are married. A friend of mine told me that MOS mattered for housing. She was going into the Marines so I wasnt sure if it was different or if she just had her facts mixed up. (She had broke her leg in basic and they discharged her)

Thanks for your help.

[Saigon]

Originally Posted by littlemetz We are married. A friend of mine told me that MOS mattered for housing. She was going into the Marines so I wasnt sure if it was different or if she just had her facts mixed up. (She had broke her leg in basic and they discharged her) Thanks for your help.

Well, I guess in a very round about way...as MOS matters as to where you are stationed..but if you go to say, Ft Bragg and you are Infantry I believe your housing is the same if your mos was clerical or something like that.

[BJo]

Yeah, the only thing that plays into what sort of housing you get is your rank and number of children. At least that is how it is here.

[J.Ski]

Originally Posted by littlemetz We are married. A friend of mine told me that MOS mattered for housing. She was going into the Marines so I wasnt sure if it was different or if she just had her facts mixed up. (She had broke her leg in basic and they discharged her) Thanks for your help.

MOS doesn't matter. It's be rank and number of dependents. I'm not sure how long his training is but if it's less than 20 weeks you won't get housing until he gets to his first duty station but you'll get BAH for where you live until then.

[jttigerbaby]

If his orders authorize dependants to move you can live in housing during AIT. If not you will have to wait untill his first duty station. Once you get your orders you can call housing and they should be able to give you a general idea on the waitlist for his rank and dependants.