Chuck,

I am going off the assumption that I will not be authorized to vacate the dorms.

Valhalla,

My son is just shy of 20 months and he is in an environment where he hears Tagalog and Visayan every day. It is his native language, but he understands English commands (hm, sounds a bit authoritative) and can say a few words. He interchangeably uses Visayan and English for the words daddy, mommy, thank you (tan u). I think the foreign environment will actually enhance their learning skills vice become an obstacle.

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JIMMY JOE

Okay, those of you who are already there... questions :)

1)I know (thank you tap), if I'm there NCS that we'll get the OHA with dependent rate... is that a sum figured into your pay, just like BAH, or do they only pay you the exact amount of your rent, per your lease?

2) You only get your utility allowance if you're living on base with permission, not ghosting? Correct? :)

3) Do you lose BAS if you're living off base with permission? If you're in the dorms?

4) No family sep pay if you're NCS, right?

5) Are there any bonuses/etc to pay for being on the remote as such?

Thanks :)

Dee

1. When you sign your lease with your realtor (this must be done on post at housing) housing forwards your paper work to finance and what ever your rent is that is how much you will be paid. It will be in you EOM pay. You have 2 options finance can directly pay you and you take money out of the bank and pay your relator or finance can directly pay your realtor, be careful on option 2. It can take up to 2-3 months for this option to kick in and the rent still has to be paid so it comes out of your pocket.

2. You do not get utility pay if living on post.

3. Yes

4. I don't think so?

5. Yes but it depends on your landlord.........

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CH-47 SI

They must find it difficult...

Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. --Gerald Massey

Chuck, get rid of your phones. We have brand new phone's here at the ville for $50, they are card phones but they are well worth it. For $20 i get almost 6 hrs of talk time to the states.

I guess it depends on what talking you will be doing, if it is more in country then maybe a contract phone is better. If not then a card phone is better IMO.

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CH-47 SI

They must find it difficult...

Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. --Gerald Massey

LOL...TY Chuck!

Both for the info and the laugh at your answer to #5! :)

You definitely made me smile.. :)

As I said, we're -cautiously- optimistic about getting permission to live off base, all communication hubby has received about it has said there are definitely "exceptions" to the dorms only rule..and as a 35 year old family man with no history of being a problem child,etc, we're hoping that exception will be him :)

At least with the loss of BAS,and utility funds if we -don't- get the permission, COLA will kick in, and at least cover the utility costs!

Thanks again!

Dee :)

Your welcome Dee.

I think that there is a mis-conception on who authorizes people to live off post. Now this is for Army but the JTR is Military. Your command just signs off on the paper work to to let you live off post. Your command is NOT the approving authority to live off post. Housing is the final decision because they are the people who pay you not your command.

Our command has said that NO one will live off post even if you have your family, guess what, almost my whole company enlisted and officers live off post and get paid the full amount of OHA, Utility and all entitlements.

Dee, i'm confused? If you live on post why do you have to pay utilites? Has something changed that living on post you have to pay utilities?

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CH-47 SI

They must find it difficult...

Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. --Gerald Massey

Chuck,

Sorry for the confusion there.. I wasn't speaking of paying utilities on base, were that to be the case, of course there would be no need for that. What I was speaking of specifically was in the event that I was there non-command sponsored, therefore unable to live on base, and hubby was denied permission to live off base with me, and "ghosting" in the dorms. I wasn't sure if , given that he would be in the dorms, but we'd be receiving OHA, if we'd be eligible for the utility allowance as dependants.. I was leaning more toward the answer you confirmed, that we wouldn't be receiving that if he was "ghosting" in the dorms.

As to the question of who granted permission, if I'm going non-command sponsored, I was under the impression that I wasn't going to be allowed to live on base anyway, so the housing office would have to look over leases for me, offer approval for that,etc...but that the permit for my hubby (he's ADAF) to actually join me in that apartment, if he is by reg supposed to be in the dorms, would have to come from his command. In that instance, that he's assigned to the dorms,and I'm there non-command sponsored, do we need to get housing's permission for him to live off base? If so, who would we contact about filing that paperwork...? If we're command sponsored, of course, I would presume that housing would have to give the permission for us to live off base if there is housing available on base....and honestly, if we were going command sponsored, I'd probably want to live on base instead of off,anyway.

I hope that clarifies some of the confusion?

Thanks,
Dee :)

O.K. i got you Dee.

I would not worry about the "ghosting" thing Dee, it is a common practice that alot of enlisted do. You just have to keep the room ready for inspections and stuff like that. As long as he makes formations and does not use the i live down town and traffic was bad excuse he will be fine.

All the paperwork has to go through his command, even to get paid for living down town. But it is housing that has the yes or no. If his command says yes to get paid then he should have no problem. It should not be a problem, espically if your here.

Hopefully i have not confused you

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CH-47 SI

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Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. --Gerald Massey

Hey, Chuck :)

I'm blonde, it doesn't take much to confuse me, don't worry, it happens all the time. :)

So, just to make sure I'm reading you right..

I know, thanks to the reg that TAP posted, that being there non-command sponsored,we'll be eligible for OHA with the dependant rate...

And what you're saying is that a) in order to get that OHA started, we'll have to go through the command, and housing as well... ? (With of course,the understanding that housing has to approve the lease, that's sort of a universal in overseas duty, I understand...hubby was in England and had to go through that) and b) in order to get permission to officially not live in the dorms, hubby will have to talk to the command, if command says ok, (which is at least what we're getting hints of) then he'll have to talk to housing, and housing will say "Yes, you can live with your family" or "no", with "ghosting" becoming a necessity in the event of a no...?

I'm sorry to be such a pain, just want to make sure I'm getting it all :)

Thanks for sharing the info, it really does help a lot! :)

Dee :)

Your to funny Dee!!

The paperwork for starting OHA and for him living off post is the same. Should be no problem, once the command says yes. If your getting hints then i would say it's a done deal already.

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CH-47 SI

They must find it difficult...

Those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. --Gerald Massey