MARADMIN 150/22 - Advance Change to MCO 7220.56A Entitlement to Basic Allowance for Housing at Locations Other Than PDS

Scope

MARADMIN 150/22 announces an advance change to MCO 7220.56A, Entitlement to Basic Allowance for Housing at Locations Other Than Permanent Duty Station. The change updates eligibility criteria and waiver processing for current BAH waivers ahead of the next revision of the order. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force beyond entry-level training.

Audience

• Marines submitting BAH waiver requests. Apply the updated criteria.
• Unit S-1 staff and commanders. Endorse and forward waiver requests through the chain of command.
• HQMC Manpower Management Integration Branch 3 (MMIB-3). Adjudicates waiver requests as the Secretarial Process authority.

Waiver processing

• The Joint Travel Regulations govern BAH at large. Under MCO 7220.56A, DC M&RA (MMIB-3) holds the Secretarial Process authority for the Commandant on every BAH waiver request.
• The MCAAT military pay checklist cites this message with MARADMIN 187/22 for the documentation a reporting unit obtains before reporting BAH for a designated place other than the previous duty station for Marines assigned to an unaccompanied tour overseas.

Connection to higher policy

• Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Governing BAH authority.
• MCO 7220.56A. Entitlement to BAH at Locations Other Than PDS. The order receiving this advance change.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MARADMIN 187/22. Notify Force of Permanent Change of Station References for Entitlements. Cited alongside this message on the MCAAT military pay checklist.
• MARADMIN 126/14. Manpower Management Division (MM) Reorganization. Defines MMIB-3 as the Secretarial Process authority.

Status

Signed 2022-03-29. Originator CMC Washington DC MRA MP. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force beyond entry-level training. The advance change carries interim policy ahead of the next full revision of MCO 7220.56A.