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My husband just started A School in Great Lakes this week. Does anyone know when I can move with him on base or will it not be until after his schooling? Does the Navy pay for it? Thanks!

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Oh good question.  Since you're married they'll pay for y'all to move to his duty station once he's finished A school.  There are different phases of liberty in A school and from my understanding they have to life in the barracks during this time.  I'm not 100% on that, we were not married whenever he was going through all of that.

Your husband has to put in a live ashore package to live out of the barracks.  Also for the USN to move you up to GL, his school has to be a certain lenght.  Only schools in GL that are that lenght are ET or FC.

Thank you! :) I had a bad feeling it would be that way, but I'm an eternal optimist!

You can still come visit up here.   There are some nice places up here and the train takes you almost everwhere.  It is best to save up and in the mean time you can start going though your house and get rid of what you don't want (I do that before ever move, just to help weed down things, LOL) 

 

Nothing is stopping him from putting in a live ashore package.  Just keep in mind the command may deny it, due to his school not being long enough.

His schooling is a year and a half, so I wasn't too sure on the timing of things.

Where is his schooling?  Only ET/FC are that long that have schools in GL.  He might start his schooling up here and than go somewhere else.  If that is the case, I would wait until he was at his second command before you move with him other wise...you will keep paying $$ out of pocket to move yourself.

 

What is his rate (aka Job)?

 

I am guessing that he goes to bootcamp, than over to ATT, than on to his "A" School.  Is that right?

He just finished bootcamp and is now at "A" School in GL. He has two schools at GL and then one at San Diego. His rate is STG (I think those are the letters; he's sonar).

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