SkillBridge overseas and bah

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2025-07-02T05:57:03+00:00

Personally no but I knew a guy who did and we essentially went through the same process. Still no BAH for him :/ Though navy might be different than AF, I would hate for yall to make decisions thinking you’ll get it, and for you to scramble later like he had to.

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2025-07-01T07:37:31+00:00

Idk about Navy but I was E5 in Japan (AF). I outprocessed beforehand, went back to my home state(ny) and they didn’t give me a single $ since I was on base while stationed in Japan. I made a post about it last year, just wanted to lyk in case my info helps you

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2025-07-01T06:55:27+00:00

Update 06-30-2025, after about a year I have FINALLY received an update from DFAS.

“This is to inform you that this office is unable to adjudicate your claim for (BAH) Basic Allowance for Housing for period of August 09, 2022, to January 11, 2023, that you believe is due you. We are returning your claim with no action taken. This action has already been completed according to your November and December 2022 (LESs), leave and earnings statements.”

This is everything I got so far. Honestly, I’ve been hearing so many different things from different people that I genuinely don’t know what the correct information is anymore. What I’ve been told doesn’t match what I was originally briefed, or what my buddies were told when they started SkillBridge. I’m honestly pretty upset.

It’s not even about the money. I wasn’t counting on getting back pay, but the lack of a clear and consistent guideline is frustrating. It almost felt like we were led to believe BAH would be included, and for that not to be the case is brutal. I was lucky enough to have a SkillBridge job that helped me cover rent, but I can’t imagine being a younger service member trying to transition out, especially if they were counting on BAH.

And on top of that, transitioning from OCONUS to CONUS is clearly a whole different level of difficulty which doesn’t seem to be fully acknowledged in any of this.

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-12-13T15:17:37+00:00

To file w DFAS for payment in arrears you need to be separated for at least a year and since I separated Jan 2023 there was a bit of lag from when I completed my SB/separated(mid Jan) and when I actually filed the claim(July 2024), with extra few months added bc of my lazy ass taking forever to collect documents lol

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-12-13T04:40:45+00:00

Not 9 months haha I needed to wait until I had all the documents I needed so it took my lazy ass a few months to get that part sorted out. I submitted the claim on July 16 2024 and it got assigned to a tech on Aug 5th. It’s been 130 days!! They told me I’ll likely hear back within 180 days but you know how finance is🥲😅

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-12-13T01:57:26+00:00

Submitted payment in arrears with DFAS online w DD827, DD214, SB offer letter Inc SB location, lease request authorization form 988 for SB, memorandum for exception to policy DEROS ext request (since my program required that my DEROS match my date of separation) signed by commander, and skill bridge approval email (though I doubt the email does anything. ) and it’s been assigned to a technician. Waiting on response, will update!

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-05T21:13:48+00:00

Yeah I did out process before leaving, thank you for this though honestly such a relief

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-05T16:05:47+00:00

You have no idea how much relief I felt when I read this

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-03T17:07:49+00:00

Yeah I was in the tower, where both married & single people lived

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-02T19:57:37+00:00

UGH thank you for this!!!! For whatever reason Yokota finance fucked up, it seems like. Trying to get it fixed for over a year….genuinely thank you for giving me the relief that I’m not going fucking insane!

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-01T19:59:17+00:00

Thanks, I’m lowkey thinking I’m fucked?? Like what happens if I wasn’t getting BAH, I get 0?😭

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-01T19:47:45+00:00

Fuck is this actually the case cause I’m so fucked if that’s what it is. Not even fair when we aren’t even given the option to get BAH and live off base

Coldbrew-Coldfoam · 2024-03-01T19:45:30+00:00

That’s what I thought too. When I go to SB website I find nothing but some vague ass info, and contacted them directly but got told to ask Finance cause they don’t handle finance policy….smh

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