How can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?

i was looking at the 2011 pay grade for military personnel. i realized that people that just got in 4yrs or less don't make enough to live on their own. so how do people in the military who are in active duty, but not in combat, make a living? How do NCO's and lower ranking CO's who work behind desks make enough for house, gas, food, and other expenses?How can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)

https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/b鈥?/a>How can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?
1. if your single, you are provided housing in the barracks and eat for free in the chow hall.



2. if you are single and have permission to live off base. You are provided a monthly housing allowance to rent an apartment and a monthly substance allowance to buy food.



3. If you are marrired, then you can either live in a house on base or get a housing allowance to rent off base and are provided a substance allowance to but food.





IE: you are paid a housing allowance from $700 to $1,500 per month, depending on where you live. and are paid $323 per month to buy food.



Thats in addition to your Base pay.



4. Example, A E-5 Sgt living off post at Fort Campbell Ky with 4 years service makes :



Base pay - $2,448 per month

Food - $323.00 per month

Housing - $783.00 per month is single, $864.00 per month is married.



In San Diego, the housing allowance would be $1,731 for single and $2,019 per month for mariedHow can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?Most active duty personnel live on post, where the housing, electricity, water, and sewage are all free. If you live in the barracks as a single individual you can also eat for free at the dining facilities.



For those who CHOOSE to live off post they CHOOSE to pay out of pocket for everything.How can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?
The pay is much better than it looks because food, health care, and living on base are all free. If you're married or senior enough, BAH pays for a rental home, and you keep what's left over. Not only that but there are other incentive pays like bonuses, sea pay, air pay, per diem, etc.How can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?that's our base pay only.. we get a NON taxable housing allowance as well. how much we get varies by paygrade and whether or not there are dependents. it is also based on local housing market values.



for instance, my husband gets another $2500 a month in Housing allowance ON TOP of his base pay



of course if you do not qualify for a housing allowance they provide living quarters for you on base.How can military personnel afford to have an apartment or house?
What you are looking at is BASE PAY alone. You also get BAH (housing allowance) and BAS (food allowance) if authorized to reside and subsists outside of the barracks.



I get $1500.00 for BAH and about $250.00 for BAS a month on top of my base pay. And BAH and BAS isn't taxed either.
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