Family Separation Pay

[Army60K]

I will be starting residency at BAMC this coming June but my spouse will have to stay behind to finish her medical education (MD/PhD). Would we qualify for separation pay? Has anyone been in a similar situation and actually received this kind of pay? We will have mortgage payments in our current city and I will have to rent an appartment in San Antonio as well so the extra money would definitely help. I'd appreciate any input.

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[ValeRx]

A servicemember with dependents who serves an unaccompanied tour of duty may be entitled to a family separation allowance (FSA) of $250 per month. FSA accrues from the day of departure from the home station and ends the day prior to arrival at the home station. This is in addition to any per diem or other entitlements presuming that:

• Movement of dependents to the permanent duty station at Government expense is not authorized. This presupposes that the dependents do not already live at or near that station
• The member is on duty on board a ship away from the home port of the ship for a period of more than 30 continuous days
• The member is on temporary duty away from the permanent duty station for a continuous period of more than 30 days and the dependents do not live at or near the temporary duty station

Servicemembers that choose to serve an unaccompanied tour of duty at a permanent duty station where the movement of dependents at Government expense is authorized, are not entitled to the family separation allowance under the first condition noted above.

In situations where servicemembers are married to another servicemember, family separation allowance is authorized for one member if the members were residing together immediately before the separation.

 

[sethco]

Family sep does not apply in your case since you are PCSing to BAMC.

It only applies if you are going TDY (i.e. Deployments) for longer than 30 days.

 

[backrow]

Family sep does not apply in your case since you are PCSing to BAMC.

It only applies if you are going TDY (i.e. Deployments) for longer than 30 days.

And the fact that it only depends on where you, the service member are, not where your spouse is. Since you will be at your home duty station it doesn't matter where your spouse is.

 

[Army60K]

Thanks for the feedback. I guess it was worth the try since an extra $250 would've been helpful for flying back and forth to see my wife.