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Thought I would start this thread so you can at least connect and share stories together. Seems like there is a fair amount of you in Great Lakes and just as many more trying to decide if you can more to Great Lakes.
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Permalink Reply by Ana on
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Kenosha is farther than that to base. I live in north Waukegan (north of base) and my husband's drive to base is 20 minutes and from our place to Kenosha is about 15-20 minutes. You are looking at more of a 40 minute drive. I wouldn't suggest it especially if they have to be on base at 5 am or so! lol
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Permalink Reply by Courtney (Adam's wife) <3 on
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we definitely need a 3 bdrm, so I was hoping it wasn't that far, darn... well, I have a while to keep looking. and just to confirm... A school is about 6-9 months, right? The kids and I would be moving in August (that is when our lease is up).. I feel like we'll be there for a couple of months and then off to C school somewhere else. i am wondering if I can hold out until C school... what do you think ladies?
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I personally would HIGHLY suggest moving to be with him. Right now with the holds he could very easily be here a year. Also check into your lease because there is a Soldiers and Sailors relief act that can get you out of your lease due to his orders showing he had a change of duty station as long as he is on yall's lease. http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/sscra/a/sscra.htm You would just need a copy of his orders which he will get once he moves over to the other side for school.
I think of it this way. Right now while my husband is in school he is coming home almost every night. Once he hits a ship who knows when we will get almost a year of "semi normal" life like this again! lol I am taking every opportunity I can to spend as much time with him as possible. -
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I got my military ID as soon as I got my husband's box in the mail. So like 2 weeks after my husband left. It had a big packet that had a copy of everything I needed. You know that packet that has his orders and his scanned SS card, and yours, and your marriage certificate, etc? Well I took that to the closest base (it was an army base, but it does not matter). I brought that to them, along with the actual copy of our marriage certificate and my SS card, and Driver's license that proved I was his wife, and he was in the military....and they did everything else for me. It only took about 30 minutes too! And I got my card right away.
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My husband is in GL in A school as an FC. He is currently on hold right now but just finished his indoc. He is going to the housing office Tuesday to finish up the paperwork so hopefully there are some openings in the on base housing! I can't wit to be with my husband again!
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Hello all.I haven't been on in a while I just now got my internet after the move.However we are mostly settled in here now so if anyone has questions about Dahlgren let me know.
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Hi ladies, I have a question... My husbnd PIR is march 5th! I know he'll have weekend liberty but will he have to report back to base at night or will he be able to sleep out? Thanks for the help in advance! I greatly apreciate it!
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It just depends either is a possibility and he probably won't know till that weekend. My husband wasn't sent over from RTC (boot camp side of base) till the following Wednesday so he had to report back every night at I believe 9 pm. Some sailors get sent directly to the NTC (school side of base) after graduation, they get checked in while you wait at the hotel then it just depends on the ship they get assigned to. Some ships will let them have liberty all weekend till Sunday evening or some will make them report back nightly. Ask him if he knows if he is a "Grad N Go" that means that he will get checked into school right away. Good luck!
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Josh's Wife, my husband had weekend liberty too. He told them that he had family in town and that we were staying in a hotel nearby, and they let him come stay with us. He just had to let them know which hotel we were at and stuff. He just had to report back to the barracks by 2100 on Sunday night. And I believe he had to call in every morning and night to the barracks, but other than that he was free Friday and Saturday night!
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Thank you ladies for your input! I sure do hope Josh gets over night liberty!
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If he is a "grad-n-go" there is a GOOD chance that he will be able to have all weekend with you.....other wise he will probably have to go back every night. My husband was a grad-n-go and got to spend the weekend in our apt. I got to pick him up at like 4:30p on Friday and he didn't have to be back to base til like 8p on Sunday (he did have to call to "muster" in the early morning....but who cares he was home with me!). It was awesome. The funny thing is that we were dreading that he was a grad-n-go because we thought I'd only get to be with him for a couple hours.....turns out that is only the case if their A-school is somewhere else. We were SO pleasantly surprised!! Anyway.....I really hope Josh is a grad-n-go!!!
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Omg me too! That would be amazing to sleep in the same bed as my husband again! Thanks for the help Amanda!
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