Again, come to OBC prepared to support yourself financially for at least a month. Prior service and years in service pay takes even longer to process because it needs to be processed by the Ft. You must bring ALL paperwork supporting your claim for extra pay as applicable. Not having any of these documents at the finance brief at inprocessing will delay your receipt of this pay. In any case, you may not receive this pay before you leave OBC because it does not get processed until the entire class s basic pay is in the system.
Basic pay takes priority so that everyone can get paid as quickly as possible.
Partials will either pay your credit card directly for you room bill or, direct deposit your TDY allowance for billeting and meals directly to your bank account. If authorized by your orders, National Guard students may get a government credit card from their unit prior to their arrival . A partial settlement is a form filled out a minimum of every 30 days. It is sent to DFAS with your billeting receipt and a copy of your TDY orders so that you are reimbursed for you food and lodging expenses. DLA is Dislocation Advance offered to cover PCS expenses including shipment of household goods and family members.