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Getting married in Hawaii
I have a few questions about marrying my sailor where he is stationed in Oahu. He is an E3 and should rank up soon. He wants me to fly out and us get married before his first deployment. I would come back home when he leaves. So my question is could we even live together in the short amount of time I would be there? Could he even live out of the barracks being an E3 even though we would be married? Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Hawaii is considered OCONUS, an overseas billet. E-3 and below are not authorized to bring dependents there and get all the allowances, etc. for the area. He'd still be required to live in the barracks and would get no BAH/OHA for an apartment, or be qualified for housing. He could put in a waiver, requesting command sponsorship for you but he;d need enough time in Hawaii to qualify IF it was even approved at all. Sorry to tell you that is highly unlikely. Even if he does make E-4 soon, he'd need enough time left on his orders, or need to extend, to get sponsorship for you. If granted, then you move back to the US for the length of the deployment, do not expect the sponsorship to be available to you later.
The good news is Hawaii is the US and you can legally come and go as you like (and can afford). As far as I know, there is no one making sure he sleeps in the barracks, he'd just need to keep his room inspection ready. There would be no money from the Navy for food or rent or cost of living, and you;d have limited access to medical without sponsorship (stand by as I understand it).
http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/milpersman/1000/130...
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Permalink Reply by Loraine on
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Hi Anti M, I have the same situation as hers. So correct me if I'm wrong. You are trying to say that 1.) getting married before he gets to hawaii and 2.) getting married in hawaii, will have the same rule? Navy will not authorize dependents and BAH? I'm a little bit confused. I do understand no 1.), but what is no. 2.) happened?
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Getting married in Hawaii is the same, to receive full benefits, the dependent must be command sponsored. The best thing to do is have him talk to his chain of command, let them know he is marrying, find out what the status of waivers are for dependents, and go from there. It costs the command money to sponsor dependents, so it depends on a lot of variables we wouldn't know about. He has to ask though.
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Sorry for the late reply and thank you for your response! Greatly appreciated :)
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Permalink Reply by Candace on
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Well the command told him everything was fine if I wanted to come there and us get married. He would get full benefits and nothing was ever mentioned about command sponsorship they are very laid back. No issues at all! Good luck
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Let us know how it goes once the pay and allowances roll in. His command may be laid back, but they do not control his pay. Yes, I am skeptical. The Navy loves paperwork, so anytime someone gets a verbal go ahead, and not a guarantee in writing, I expect the worse. Good luck, and I hope it all goes smoothly.
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