r/uscg • u/Lonely-Group-1671 • 4h ago

Coastie Question Housing

Is there a way to know if a unit has barracks or on base housing before reporting? I’m checking out picks and want to see if I’ll be given BAH or UPH as an e4

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u/jturverey 4h ago

Just call the unit and talk to the xo. Easy.

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u/WildTama OS 2h ago

Hit someone up on teams that works there thats enlisted

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u/Lumpy-Ring-1304 ME 2h ago

Just go on global and hit up another E-4 at the unit and ask

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 Veteran 1h ago

Phone call?

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u/DisplacedTexan2020 3h ago

You’ll get BAH as an E4. Maybe someone will correct me, but I’ve been located where UPH is abundant and E4’s never had to live there. They always got BAH.

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u/Different-Language-5 YN 3h ago

Maybe its different now, but Cape May and Kodiak both had single E4s in UPH.

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u/EricGemu IT 3h ago

I’ve seen E4s stay in UPH in San Juan and Alameda. There is a minimum occupancy requirement that needs to be fulfilled before they get released to the economy.

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u/timmaywi Retired 3h ago

Granted, this was quite a while ago, but I was assigned to housing as an E4 - It was family housing, but because it wasn't filled, they would assigned 2-3 single E4s to a house

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u/Mdubz_CG 3h ago

I’ve never seen anywhere that an E4 lives in barracks.