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1001 questions (and answers) concerning BDCP
- Thread starter redsox06
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Topper Harley
Good NEWS everyone!
Just a sad heads up to anyone sending their packet for the boards. I was just informed by my officer recruiter that the Navy is closing the BDCP for 2 years.
Shooting from the hip, maybe thats a hold over from when OCS was down in pcola??? I think I read somewhere that only NFOs get PCS orders to API or something so maybe that's tied into it? I think it be funny as hell if any of us showed up at the sea wall with a U-haul full of TV, computer, couch, bed, dresser etc.
Haha, absolutely! That video was a real gem...
blarged
ready
For BDCP you receive BAH based on the zip code of the school you are attending. If you live at home for free, live in an apartment with friends, or pay a mortgage on a house, doesn't matter to the Navy.
GrandFromage
New Member
Just to clear it up, you get paid on the zip code where you are living at, not where your school is. I got screwed over on this because I attend school in DC, but commute from the Baltimore suburbs...couple hundred dollar difference.
blarged
ready
This must be different depending on the case then. My LES definitely had school zip and when I brought it up my OR at the time said that's the way it is done.
"Not real active duty..."
Was on the phone with a DEERS rep on Friday working out some issues, the usual first months bugs. They were having trouble 'locating' me in the system (even though I have my orders and have been paid)and then some woman gets on and tells me I'm "Not real active duty" that I'm only active duty in the sense that I get paid so I'm not "entitled" to active duty benefits or an ID card. Now I didn't argue this because at this point I was convinced she was clueless, but I remember reading in my BDCP contract that I'm "ENTITLED to all benefits and privelages commensurate with paygrade..." Am I wrong to assume I am REAL active duty?
Don't get me wrong, I've had no military training and dont belong to a ship or unit per se, but I thought that was the deal with BDCP, for all intents and purposes, we're active duty. Please someone clarify.
Was on the phone with a DEERS rep on Friday working out some issues, the usual first months bugs. They were having trouble 'locating' me in the system (even though I have my orders and have been paid)and then some woman gets on and tells me I'm "Not real active duty" that I'm only active duty in the sense that I get paid so I'm not "entitled" to active duty benefits or an ID card. Now I didn't argue this because at this point I was convinced she was clueless, but I remember reading in my BDCP contract that I'm "ENTITLED to all benefits and privelages commensurate with paygrade..." Am I wrong to assume I am REAL active duty?
Don't get me wrong, I've had no military training and dont belong to a ship or unit per se, but I thought that was the deal with BDCP, for all intents and purposes, we're active duty. Please someone clarify.
GrandFromage
New Member
You are real active duty and are entitled to everything...or at least most of it. I went through the same issues tying to get my ID card in my first couple months, and it just takes a while for everything to be processed. Your processor should be trying to push this stuff through, and if he/she isn't, just call and give them friendly reminders.