A-School in Pensacola questions?!

[NorfolkNavyWife]

My fiance is currently in Boot Camp in Great Lakes, and will be graduating in a little over two weeks. He's heading to Pensacola, FL for A-School. While in A-School, we plan on getting married, just at the courthouse. (Then planningour formal wedding later). After we're married, will I be able to move to to Pensacola to live with him while he finishes up school? Or will I have to wait until school is over & we get stationed? HELP!

[amberrose]

FianceeShip11Div040 -

Do you know what base your fiance will be heading to?  Corry or NAS?  My husband and I did a similar thing, got married after boot camp, and he is currently in Pensacola.

Being apart sucks.  Completely stinks.  But!  Explore your options before paying out of pocket to move out to where your soon-to-be husband is.  Do you currently have a job?  Are you in school?  Is the BAH greater in your geographic area than in Pensacola?  Is it relatively easy to fly / drive from where you are to your fiance?  Just some food for thought.  :-)

[sailorwifenmom]

Hi,

I went through A school and a C school at Pensacola, and my husband has been there a lot of times for different C schools, and now our son is there going through his A school.  In fact, there's a chance that he could be my son's room mate, his last one graduated and was transferred and they told him he should be getting a new one either this week or in 2 weeks.  Your fiance will have a lot of fun down there, and so will you if you get to go down and visit him :-)

Unfortunately, even if you were married before he left for boot camp, the Navy wouldn't move you down there for A school.  The school has to be 6 months or longer (and that's the actual instruction length, not the "he's going to be here 6 months, because the school is 4 months and he's going to have about 2 months worth of this and that, clearance hold, etc...).

Now, there's nothing that stops you, as a private citizen, from moving down there at your own expense (I've heard of spouses doing this), but I would advise against it, because as an A school student not authorized to have his family there with him, he's going to have to live in the barracks anyway...  The rooms down there, if you're interested, is basically 2 Sailors to a room, and 4 rooms to a lounge. 

But like I said, if you get a chance, go down and visit him.  There's a lot of fun (and cheap) things to do, such as camping / renting sailboats at Blue Angels Campground :-)

[Porsha]

You can move to Pensacola but you will have to move yourself, unfortunately. I moved here in November to be closer to my sailor so I know exactly what you are going through. It's rough being apart! If you have any question please feel free to ask and if you do decide to move here I am an open book and would be happy to give any advice/suggestions that I could give. Best of luck! :)

[NorfolkNavyWife]

Good news! Tom just got Phase 2 on Friday! So, it's official! We're getting married on March 3rd, only three days after our 4 year anniversary!! I'm driving down on the 2nd (a Friday) to get the marriage certificate & check into our hotel. :)

We're getting married Saturday morning! I can't wait!

I'm going to stay the weekend, then have to back back to chilly Indiana!

But, at least we're one step closer to being together! <3