How to Fill Out Form CG-2025

Form CG-2025 at a glance

What it is: The U.S. Coast Guard BAH/Housing Worksheet specifies current dependency and housing assignment information to determine correct BAH authorization.

Who signs: 12. Member's Signature: sign and enter the Date.

A filled-in Form CG-2025 example: a married member with dependents reports to shore-based duty

Form CG-2025 example filled out, example: a married member with dependents reports to shore-based duty
Jane Ann Sample, a Coast Guard member, fills out the BAH/Housing Worksheet. She is married with dependents and reports to shore-based duty on March 1, 2027. The picture shows page 1 only, and all its values are invented. Her spouse is not an active duty military member, so Box 6a is ticked. She lives with her dependents in private sector housing, so Box 8a is ticked. Box 9a is ticked because the request is BAH with dependents. Box 4b is left blank because she is not a Reserve Component (RC) member. The rest of Box 5 is left blank because only block 5a applies to her. The second address in Box 7 is left blank because her dependents live with her. Box 10 is left blank because she has no remarks. Box 11a is ticked by the command. She signs Box 12 and the command signs Box 13, both on February 15, 2027.

How to fill out Form CG-2025, box by box

Boxes 1 to 4, you and your duty station

Form CG-2025 example filled out, boxes 1 to 4, you and your duty station

Enter 1. Name (Last, First, MI), 2. Rank/Rate and 3. EMPLID.

4. a. Enter the Permanent Duty Station (PDS) name/address/zip code. b. If you are a Reserve Component (RC) member, enter your Primary Residence /address/zip code.

Box 5, the worksheet submission

Form CG-2025 example filled out, box 5, the worksheet submission

In Box 5, check the block(s) that apply and indicate the effective date in the space provided. If you have an approved BAH protection authorization from CG PSC-PSD-FS or COMDT (CG-1332) for your PDS assignment, or an approved Family Stability Act BAH/Housing Worksheet (CG-7220H), attach a copy to this worksheet. a. Reporting to permanent duty station: 1. Shore-based duty or 2. Sea Duty. See Note*. b. Assigned to CG/DOD owned/leased: 1. Family-type quarters or 2. Single-type quarters (Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (UPH), shipboard quarters, or family-type housing converted to UPH). See Note*.

Note*: A member without dependents residing in government quarters at their duty station when not required by overnight duty is not eligible for BAH or OHA without dependents or BAH with-dependents based on the payment of child support, even if paying for a residence but does not commute to and from the residence on a daily basis. Members in this situation are deemed to be occupying government quarters and are only authorized the BAH Partial rate, or if paying child support, the BAH Differential (BAH DIFF) rate.

c. terminated assignment from CG/DOD owned single-type quarters, includes family-type housing converted to UPH. Authorized to reside in private sector housing. d. terminated private sector housing and assigned to and occupying CG/DOD owned or leased single-type quarters. e. terminated assignment from CG/DOD owned/leased family-type quarters. In Box 5, members in pay grades E-3 and below (including those with rating designators) that are without dependents and are assigned to sea duty may not check c or e. f. change in dependency status. g. assigned to sea duty, without dependents, residing in private sector housing, and reduced in pay grade from E-4 or above to E-3 or below, in Box 5. h. Reserve Component (RC) member called/ordered to active duty. Order is not a permanent change of station (PCS). Authorized BAH for primary residence location. See CG Pay Manual, Ch. 3, sec. G.9. i. Reserve Component (RC) member without dependents reporting to Initial Active Duty for Training (IADT). Basic Training or Class "A" School. Attach proof of residence ownership or rental payment documents. See CG Pay Manual, Ch. 3, sec. G.9.e.(11). Enter the Block 5 Effective Date.

Box 6, dependency status

Box 6, dependency status (check the applicable block). 6a: Married; With dependents. Spouse is not an active duty military member.

b. Married to an active duty military member and no dependent(s); Without dependents. Attach the Member-Married-to-Member BAH Worksheet (CG-2025B).

c. Married to an active duty member; with dependents. You claim the eligible dependent(s) for BAH. Attach CG-2025B.

d. Married to an active duty military member; Without dependents. Your spouse claims the eligible dependent(s) for BAH. Attach CG-2025B.

e and f: Married to an active duty military member. No dependents from the marriage but you pay child support. e. The custodial parent of the child/children is not an active duty military member. f. The custodial parent of the child/children is an active duty military member. See the Note. Attach CG-2025B.

g. Without dependents.

h. Not married; With dependents. I am the full-time legal and physical custodial parent of my dependent child/children.

i. Not married. I have a CG PPC(LGL) approved illegitimate child/children based on my payment of child support.

j and k: Without dependents and paying child support. j. Your former spouse is not an active duty military member. k. Your former spouse is an active duty military member and has custody of the child/children. See the Note.

l. Not married but I have a CG PPC(LGL) approved Parent, Parent-in-law, Parent in Loco Parentis, Stepparent, Parent by Adoption.

Note: A member is not authorized BAH/OHA with dependents based solely on the basis of the member's child support payment when their child/children is/are in the custody of an active duty military member (including a former spouse) who is either assigned to CG or DOD owned or leased family-type quarters, or is in receipt of a with-dependent housing allowance on behalf of the child/children. The member paying child support is authorized a without dependent housing allowance.

Box 7, housing address

7. Housing address information: Enter your current local residence address in Address and City/Town/Zip Code.

If you are a member without dependents and assigned to sea duty, do not enter a private address if you are assigned to or occupy shipboard quarters for any other reason than for required by duty, or if the address is for a residence that you do not commute to and from your cutter's home port on a daily basis when not on duty or underway; in these cases, enter your cutter's mailing address.

Do not enter a private residence address if assigned to sea duty, without dependents, and occupying shipboard quarters.

I am with dependents but my dependents do not reside with me in the address. My dependent's address is: Address and City/Town/Zip Code.

Box 8, housing assignment status

8. Housing assignment status: a. Residing in private sector housing. Includes privatized housing.

b. CG shipboard quarters.

c. CG Unaccompanied Personnel Housing(UPH).

d. CG-leased single-type housing.

e. CG-owned/leased family housing (Not authorized BAH).

f. DOD-owned family housing (Not authorized BAH).

g. DOD-leased single-type housing.

h. DOD UPH or Shipboard quarters.

Box 9, what the start authorization request is for

9. BAH/OHA start authorization request is for: OHA Note: In non-BAH payable locations, the payment of the Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) requires a lease agreement or verifiable purchase price. Refer to the DOD Financial Management Regulation, Volume 7A, Chapter 26, section 2606.

a. BAH/OHA With Dependents.

b. BAH/OHA With Dependents Based on the Payment of Child Support; paying child support and authorized to reside in private sector housing.

c. BAH/OHA Without Dependents; Authorized to reside in private section housing.

d. BAH Partial; Without dependents; assigned to CG/DOD owned single-type quarters (UPH or shipboard). BAH Partial is not paid when assigned to CG/DOD leased housing or CG/DOD owned family-type housing converted to single-type UPH.

e. BAH Differential (BAH DIFF); paying child support and assigned to CG/DOD owned single-type quarters (UPH or shipboard), or CG/DOD leased single-type quarters, including family quarters converted to single-type UPH.

Block 9 BAH Zip Code. If starting BAH with or BAH without, enter the correct BAH zip code. To start BAH Partial or BAH DIFF the SPO/P&A Technician will enter the applicable BAH code.

Box 10, member's remarks

10. Member's remarks (if needed): enter your remarks.

Box 11, command certification

11. Command Certification. a. The start of BAH is effective and authorized on the date entered in Block 5, and on the zip code indicated in Block 9.

b. The start of OHA requires a completed DD Form 2367, Individual Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA).

Boxes 12 and 13, the signatures

12. Member's Signature: sign and enter the Date.

13. Command Approval Signature: sign and enter the Date.

Sources

[1] Form CG-2025 (06/21), BAH/Housing Worksheet, U.S. Coast Guard (the Official source link on this page).

Form CG-2025 PDF Details

Married to a member: Attach the Member-Married-to-Member BAH Worksheet (CG-2025B).

BAH zip code: If starting BAH with or BAH without, enter the correct BAH zip code.

OHA: The start of OHA requires a completed DD Form 2367, Individual Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA).

Command certification: In Box 11 the command certifies that the member's CG-2025 was reviewed and meets the authorization for BAH/OHA.

QuestionAnswer
Form NameForm CG-2025
Form Length3 pages
Fillable?Yes
Fillable fields35
Avg. time to fill out6 min
EditionCG-2025 (06/21)
Other namesForm CG-2025, CG 2025, CG-2025, CG2025, BAH/Housing Worksheet
Official sourceForm CG-2025 (06/21), BAH/Housing Worksheet, U.S. Coast Guard