What Does Your BAH
Actually Cover?
Rent and buy costs at every base, checked against your BAH and your pay grade. Plus a PCS checklist and the housing guides we wish we'd had.
Find your duty station
Where BAH Goes Furthest, and Where It Falls Short
An E-5 with dependents, 2026 BAH, against what a 3-bedroom rents for near the base. Out of 16 of the biggest duty stations, these are the two ends.
Goes furthest
Rent is HUD's Fair Market Rent for a 3-bedroom. See every housing area in the full report.
Browse BAH Rates by State
How It Works
1. Check the numbers
Look up your exact BAH at the new duty station and see what it actually covers in the local market.
2. Decide buy vs. rent
Our buy-vs-rent framework and VA loan guides. How far BAH stretches and what the process looks like on a PCS timeline.
3. Get a vetted agent
If you're buying or selling, we connect you, free, with an agent experienced with military moves and VA loans at your destination.
Who runs this
Military PCS HQ is run by active-duty military members. We got tired of digging through PDFs and dead links every time orders dropped, so we built the BAH lookup and housing guides we wish we'd had, accurate, current, and free. No pop-ups, no email wall, no selling your information.