Your dental and health insurance coverage starts on the first day of the next month after enlisting, just so long as your coverage request form has been received or postmarked by the 20th of the current month.
If you enroll after the 20th, your coverage will start the first day of the second month.
All enlistment and reenlistment bonuses are paid after completing your training or after 30 days, whichever comes later.
Once you have been assigned your permanent duty assignment (typically 30 days after beginning your service training), you are eligible for Military Basic Allowance Compensation programs, which include:
o Basic Allowance for Subsistence
o Basic Allowance for Housing
o Clothing
o Dislocation
o Family Separation Allowance
o Family Substance Allowance