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Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) BAS is meant to offset costs for a member's meals. This allowance is based in the historic origins of the military in which the military provided room and board (or rations) as part of a member's pay. This allowance is not intended to offset the costs of meals for family members. Beginning on January 1 ...
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Nov 29, 2023 · January 1, 2011. $223.84. $325.04. $650.08. NOTES: 1. BAS II is the monthly rate that may be payable to enlisted members on duty at a permanent station and assigned to single (unaccompanied) Government quarters, which do not have adequate food storage or preparation facilities, and where a Government mess is not available, and the Government ...
Dec 6, 2023 · 2024 BAS Rates: Enlisted: $460.25 per month. Officers: $316.98 per month. BAS II for enlisted personnel in government quarters without "adequate food storage or preparation facilities": $920.50 ...
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BAS is a tax-free monthly allowance that helps offset a portion of the cost of meals and food. Rates increase each year to match the changing food-cost index, set by the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The USDA evaluates current food costs in the continental United The USDA evaluates current food costs in the continental United States to help determine upcoming BAS rates. These rates correlate with the overall cost of food in a given zip code. In this way, BAS is a lot like basic allowance for housing (BAH). However, BAS rates are averaged throug...
Active-duty service members in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Space Force are eligible for BAS. This applies to both enlisted and officer personnel who reside off installation and receive a separate ration waiver. Reserve component service members entitled to basic pay are also eligible to receive BAS, except for personnel in recruit t...
Essential station messing (ESM) is a form of subsistence allowance. ESM is likely unfamiliar to you unless you’ve been a junior enlisted member assigned to single, unaccompanied government quarters. ESM is an important component of the total compensation package offered to service members. ESM replaces BAS, since junior enlisted service members hav...
The key difference between basic allowance for subsistence and basic allowance for housingis that BAS is only provided for the service member. The BAS rate remains the same no matter how many dependents a service member has. BAH rates, on the other hand, are determined not only by zip code but also by whether or not the service member has dependent...
BAS II is a monthly rate that’s payable to enlisted members at permanent stations assigned to single, unaccompanied government quarters where there is no adequate food storage available. This benefit is only available if there are no DFACs/mess halls available on the installation — and there are no preparation facilities — or the military cannot ot...
While BAS is only designed to provide a food allowance for the service member, there may be additional food allowances or benefits available to lower-income military families. These include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the family supplemental subsistence allowance (FSSA). SNAP is only available in the continental United ...
To reflect the current global pandemic conditions, the DoD issued specific guidance relating to BAS. This information doesn’t apply to service personnel who are eligible for per-diem allowance for isolation or quarantine. If a service member on active duty is ordered into restriction of movement for self-monitoring, the following applies to BAS: 1....
Subsistence Allowance recertification requirement. Deletion : 4.0 Incorporation of Basic Needs Allowance into the chapter. Addition Table 25-1 . Updated to reflect the Basic Allowance for Subsistence effective January 1, 2023. Revision : Table 25-2 . Updated to reflect the meal collection rates effective January 1, 2023. Revision
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7220-160 CH-67, 1 Jun 2019 Page 1 of 4 MILPERSMAN 7220-160 BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE (BAS) - GENERAL POLICIES Responsible Office OPNAV (N130) Phone: DSN COM 664-5478
