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Being Moved during A School
My husband is in bootcamp currently. Afterwards he gets shipped to Pensacola FL for his A & C school. I was told by his recruiter within a week or two they will move me down there to be with him. His A school is 6 months and his C school is 3 months. Is this correct? I get worried something will happen where they will not end up moving me :(
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Permalink Reply by WifeofaUSsailor on
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Yes if the school is six months he will have accompanied orders. My husband's school was also six months and we were reimbursed for our move. :) don't worry girl you'll be good! But you won't be able to live on base they don't allow students to have base housing for some reason but they'll give you an allowance for BAH. And when your husband is in phase 3 (usually only takes a few weeks to get to) of his training he can get a chit and live off base with you. :)
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Permalink Reply by NavyWifeLife on
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Hmmm thank you for the information! His recruiter told me that we would be staying in a Navy Lodging hotel together.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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If he were not a student, that would be true. But training status changes everything, so he must stay in the barracks until he gets his Live Ashore/brown bagger status approved. After he checks in, he should inform them during indoc that he needs to move his spouse. They will walk him through the process. I'd say about a month.
In the meantime, don't pack, but do sort, clean, and organize. Make your hand carry files of important papers, and valuables. The Navy doesn't ship cars, so if you have one, get it ready for a road trip. Look up BAH for that area by zip code, and start searching for apartments. Being prepared to move is now your focus. You can do this, thousands of spouses do, one step at a time. You have already begun by asking here. We are here to help, someone usually has the answer or knows where to find it.
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Oh no :( They will pay for my move though correct? Wow I sat down with 2 recruiters who told me I will be able to stay with him in Navy Lodging for 9 months and went into great detail about it :(
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Yes, your move will be paid for. Staying at the Navy Lodge is usually in conjunction with a PCS move which is not to a training command, and is usually only for ten days as you house hunt. If he meant Navy housing, unfortunately, the housing in P-Cola is not open to students. It is in Great Lakes and Goose Creek, so maybe that is why he is confused. He simply may not be up to date. Recruiters often go off experience from their own past and do not look things up for different commands or for for new policy.
The month guesstimate is from what other spouses who went to P-Cola have posted in older discussions. You can search for them yourself here, and see if you key in on other details I may have missed.
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wow... I am feeling pretty angry and fooled right now. So I can't even live in the Navy Lodging the duration of my stay? So I will have to live OFF base? This is going against everything the recruiter told me.
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They also said it would be a fast move a week or 2 (not a month like you said) because they want to make the move worth it and do it as soon as possible- which makes sense. But I trust your experience more than a recruiters word.
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Are you sure I can't live on base during A school?
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I'm on mobile just now, but tomorrow I will get the link for housing there and you can contact them and confirm it if you need to. I understand you are getting conflicting information.
Other details, the Navy Lodge is a hotel, housing is well, houses. No one lives in the lodge long term, so that can be a little confusing. Next, Navy housing is privatized these days, and most of it is not on base at all. It is in secure neighborhoods, and will often require a commute to base. I will get the link tomorrow so you can see what's it is like. Lots of new stuff to learn. Stressful, for sure.
Is he going to Correy Station or is he going aviation? I want to get the best information I can find for you. -
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I'm not sure what base in pensacola it is :( I can ask the recruiter tomorrow. Thank you so much for taking the time to get this info for me!!!
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I found the link which covers all the P-cola bases.
http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_pensacola/...
The contact info:
http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_pensacola/...
It would be good for you to know the details of his school, i.e. what rating he will be. Because he is in boot camp, housing might be only able to give you general answers, but at least you can look through the site and get a better idea of how it all works.
Also, join the P-cola group on here, talk to some of the wives there.
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I called and they told me to wait until I get his orders to do anything. When will I get his orders?
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