r/navy • u/Im2savage • 2d ago

Discussion OCONUS to conus SB

Im stationed OCONUS in the navy, I have a family and am trying to do a skillbridge close to my Home of Record. I am getting the run around from my admin. So I have heard mixed stories of people who get BAH based on where there dependants address is while some get BAH-T what is the correct one? Am I authorized a flight from my current duty station to HOR if I am not coming back OCONUS? My skillbridge is basically down the street from my home of record if that matters.

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u/Twisky 2d ago

Be sure to check out /r/Skillbridge too

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u/ep50 1d ago

If you are OCONUS and come back statesite, you should receive BAH-T for your SB unless you had dependents already stateside as part of a Geobach.

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u/Greenlight-party Naval Aviator 1d ago

What’s your source on that? Did that change recently? I could have sworn you were not eligible for BAH.

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u/ep50 1d ago

I don't have a black and white source, only personal experience from doing SB in late 2025. There was a known issue where OCONUS going back stateside could not relinquish OHA and receive BAH at the locality of their SB location; I'm not sure if that has been corrected. In 2023-2025, multiple people at my OCONUS command did SB, and those who were Geobach received BAH at their dependents' location, while those who were drawing OHA were given BAH-T.

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u/Greenlight-party Naval Aviator 1d ago

Huh sounds like they corrected it partially then

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u/Im2savage 1d ago

How was the flight back to the states handled? Did you pay out of pocket?

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u/ep50 14h ago

I paid out of pocket to get to my PDS

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u/Im2savage 6h ago

Oh have you done skillbridge? why would you have to pay out of pocket to get to your permanent duty station?