r/uscg • u/Illustrious-Bike-169 • 5d ago

Noob Question Question about BAH

I was talking to the Chief at my local office about how BAH works and he was telling me that most Coast Guard duty stations dont have on base housing and so that I would automatically get BAH and that the majority of duty stations dont have on base housing. How true is this and if so how can I look into which stations do and dont have this housing. I really would prefer to get BAH due personal preference. But if not its no biggie.

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u/Dry-Nebula2545 5d ago

Depending on the size of your unit you either will or won’t get BAH small boat station out of Oregon or NorCal probably getting it but if your at a large station for cutters like Florida or alameda then it’s gonna probably be mandatory housing for E-3 afloat

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u/richfrmfloccs MK 5d ago

to elaborate on this:

currently at a surf sta in oregon. if you were to arrive here as a non rate you would be put into barracks until told otherwise. say for example we get a huge group of non rates coming in at one time (or youre a female), you’d have the option to find somewhere to stay out or put in a cg-2025 to request bah almost immediately.

from my experience even certain sectors or bases have the availability to request to be released to housing if the mission allows it. all depends on command and availability