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Moving While In DEP
I am not 100% sure but my daughter might move to her dads in St Louis MO during the summer, right after HS graduation. She is already in DEP and supposed to leave October 3. I am not sure if she will be at her dads for a month or until she leaves in October. We currently live in Texas.
Will she be able to move and ship out of St Louis? Or will she have to come back to Texas to fly out of Houston?
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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Here is the rule:
020124. COURTESY SHIPPING. Any Future Sailor who for any reason is unable to
ship to RTC from the original MEPS they entered the DEP.
a. LPO/LCPO’s must initiate a DAR up the chain of command requesting a courtesy
ship.b. The MEPS that the Future Sailor will be shipping to RTC from must be
documented with current phone number and address on the DAR. Additionally the
NAVCRUITSTA that will be providing support for the Future Sailor in the new local must
be documented with phone number and name of LPO/LCPO on the DAR.c. LPO/LCPO’s must ensure all documents from the MEPS are mailed as soon as
the courtesy ship is approved by the NAVCRUITDIST. LPO/LCPO must follow up with
each MEPS and NAVCRUITSTA to ensure all documentation needed to ship is
available and document all contacts in RTools. A courtesy ship does not release the
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btw: Have your daughter come visit my website. I'd love to pump her up with lot of information and getting her primed for boot camp.
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Permalink Reply by Jessica on
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Thanks Craig for the info. I have checked out the other forum. Love the abundance of information available. My daughter won't get online to check out the forum if I tell her too. She is 18 and does everything her mother tells her not to do and nothing I tell her to do. LOL
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