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Hi! my husband just left oct 4th & i am 20 weeks pregnant with our first child. I am so incredibily confused I understand bootcamp now but A school, will he come home for leave & his first duty station i am so confused. His A school is suppose to be 12 weeks (em) so that would put him home the week of my due date but everything i keep reading says he may be in "holding" before going to A school, A school may become longer than expected? Also during A school does he get his first duty station & when he does can myself & the baby live with him in a house? everything i seem to read looks like I`m really no longer apart of his life & im freaking out!! We have friends in every single branch of the military & all their wives got to leave when they left for their first duty station is it the same in the navy? Also before he reports to his duty station or hopefully before "we" report to his duty station will he have leave to come home to help me move & pack?? please help ease my mind! Thank you
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Odds are you will be having the child alone, as most likly he will be still in school. There are always hold times and also they have indoc which isn't in that 12 week time frame you are talking about.
After "A" School he will be told how many days he can have for leave. Regarding packing and moving, ummm wouldn't really recommend that right away, as when he gets to his first duty station where will you all live? One of you need to either get on the housing list for the duty station (and there is normally a wait time, of anywhere from a few weeks to a year or more). So if you can't get into base housing, that means you both need to find an apt to live in out in town. The Navy doesn't just give people a place for their family the second they show up to the new base.
Once he gets to his first command, they may or may not give him housing hunting leave, and baby daddy leave (each are 10 days of free leave) BUT...they do NOT have to approve either of those (so don't count on them happening)
Regarding packing and moving, once he is at his first duty station and has a place to live for you all, he can set up the move for you from there. The Navy contracts ot to people and they come in pack up and move everything for you.
As far as freaking out, might want to learn to relax as things just get more stressfull for a while, until you get the hang of things.
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