I don't know the answer to this question so I am here. My wife and kids are in another state and I am in Kansas. I am married of course, but my question is I am in the barracks and my unit is telling me that they have an abundants of soldiers coming into the unit and they are forcing me out of my barracks space. I am getting BAH, but I always thought that I could stay in the barracks until my family get here.

Absolutely not ... you are a geographical bachelor by choice and you're receiving BAH. You'll be allowed to accupy space in the barracks if space is available.

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Originally posted by pitbull582000:
I don't know the answer to this question so I am here. My wife and kids are in another state and I am in Kansas. I am married of course, but my question is I am in the barracks and my unit is telling me that they have an abundants of soldiers coming into the unit and they are forcing me out of my barracks space. I am getting BAH, but I always thought that I could stay in the barracks until my family get here.

Actually, you should NOT be in the barracks at all, there is no such thing as "geographical bachelor" as far as living in the Barracks and collecting BAH. If you are getting BAH you need to be living in at an apartment off post or house waiting for your family.

May 30 2005

In the past, if a married soldier decided not to relocate their family during an assignment, they could continue to draw a housing allowance to pay for housing for their dependents and reside in the barracks if sufficient space was available. This concept was known as the "geographic bachelor."

However, the Army has now announced an end to the geographic bachelor program for stateside Army installations and Army installations in Alaska and Hawaii. Married Soldiers who are voluntarily separated from their families will no longer be authorized space in Army barracks..