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Getting Stationed and Getting Married...
Hi there! While I have two brothers in the military, I did not have any experience with the Navy until my SO joined. I have done my homework pretty well, just googling and things like that, but i am still confused when it comes to this subject. My fiance is in bootcamp right now, and leaves for A school for 6 months after that. He very much would like to get stationed overseas (which i am all for!) but either overseas or not he would leave in the fall and i would still have school till December. We are wondering about whether it would be better to get married this summer? Before he gets stationed, even though i wouldn't join him till January? How long does that kind of paperwork take? For the housing and such I mean.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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You may want to join Girlfriends, Fiances, and Wives of Sailors. There ar people on there who may be able to help you answer that.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Permanent duty station orders are either accompanied or unaccompanied. Accompanied orders allow a sailor to take his dependents with him to his new duty station, and the Navy will pay for their move, and move their household goods. Single sailors do not get accompanied orders, nor does the Navy change this for them if they marry after their orders are issued. This is one reason many couples choose to do a courthouse wedding during A school, so the spouse can move with the sailor. Marrying while he is in A school means you go to him after he submits a chit requesting permission (they rarely say no), he must take a class or counseling, and you go through the local courthouse for the license, and often, the ceremony. Once you are married, he enrolls you in DEERS, you get your ID card and benefits begin after a few pay cycles (a month or two, longer if someone screws up).
Don't rush the marriage just for the money aspect, many couples wait to see if they can handle the life and the long deployments which often come with it.
Overseas orders... the current policy is that E-3 and below cannot take dependents overseas, including Hawaii. They must be E-4 or above to get proper command sponsorship. I have seen dependent waivers granted for Guam, and once for Gitmo, but there are a number of spouses on the board whose sailors are in Japan for three years without them. However, Hawaii is part of the US, you can move there on your own dime. You can't just go to foreign countries and live there, they too have immigration laws.
That is all just a basic outline. It can get complicated.
Which A school? Because however long the stated seat time is, he will be there longer. There are holds for various reasons, and indoc, and some schools have more components. For example, AECF, whether ET or FC, the orders say the school is six months. In reality, there is a prep school part in addition to the main schooling, and there are holds waiting to class up, and sometimes holds waiting for orders. They're in Great Lakes for a year. Then they go to C school. The six months you're looking at will almost certainly be longer.
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