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My fiance and i are getting married literally when he gets off his ship from deployment. Because of the unexpected deployment we have to do everything pretty fast. So while we are waiting for base housing my question is, will they reimburse us for the money we spend on a hotel?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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No. He already has orders to his ship as a single sailor, hotel money is for married sailors when they first arrive at a new command or ship (Dislocation Allowance). He has to add you as a dependent, then request BAH (housing allowance). Takes a few pay cycles to kick in. He can request an advance to pay for a deposit on an apartment. Nearly every base housing area has a waiting list. You can't get on the list until you are married, they won't even talk to you.
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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I would say start looking at other housing. It might be what you want to do but you will end up paying more for a hotel if you are far down on the waiting list. Sometimes the waiting list is months if not a year. I knew a woman that waited for 14 months! Not the average of course but you want to be prepared like Anti M said no to the moving allowances and hotel stay. The advance pay is a good idea he can pay it off over the course of a year I think. I personally hate living on base lol but ahrn.com, militarybyowner.com, and realtor.com are good places to start for off base housing. If you find a house on craigslist be wary of scams, very wary in a military or college area. Look up realty companies in your area and google them and look at the properties they have listed. Remax realtors will often help you out by looking up houses in your budget and area.
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Once you're married, the housing office should have lists of realtors who are blacklisted. Always good to know. I know overseas, they have classes on how to find offbase housing.
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Anti M I was so mad bc when we moved to WA I called the housing office and they told me they werent allowed to tell me anything bad about any area, neighborhood, or complex. I was so mad! My dad was in the Army when I was little and he had told me to call them about that because when he was in the base he was at put a whole little town on restriction so he knew that they did that! Then I was talking to the woman that did Ombudsman training in the area and she got mad about it too bc she told me they should have been more helpful! Luckily even though my apt was in the "ghetto" the whole town of Everett is just as bad as the rest lol! But its not ghetto by any means!!
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Permalink Reply by Tiffany51908 on
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Thank you Ladies!!
I spoke to someone in the FFR and i was told that when i arrive there are a lot of people moving out of base housing so it shouldnt take more than a week once we are married. My friend got her house 39 min after applying. I can only hope to be so lucky!!! I'm not wild about living on base but i don't know the area well enough to pick somewhere off base and my fiance's command is one that deploys often so i'm scared to be in an area i'm not 100% sure about.
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Wow, what area? If you don't ind saying... so any other new wife will have the info too.
Base housing is good for new wives, because your neighbors can be very supportive. They are all military, and you have some security. Some of the housing is quite nice.
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Thats good that a lot of people are leaving! My husbands command is moving homeports and anyone who wanted on the housing list it shows that they have been waiting since may of last year so that really helped them when moving over here lol Its PCS season so that certainly can help! I know when my Dad was in he had only been in a few years and he took his buddy to the office to sign his lease and the lady asked well are you his ride and he said most days and she asked if he had any family and my mom was prego with me so she gave them one of the brand new houses too. lol so he always tells me you never know what a good deed might bring like taking your buddy to the base on his off day. lol I hear ya its so hard to pick an area you are unfamiliar with. I moved to Virginia and everyone was telling me how horrible places were and I went and looked myself bc I had time to fly out and I found a place I love in the area everyone was claiming was ghetto lol Its super quiet. I am probably the loudest person on the block to be honest and I am not loud at all! If he will live there awhile you can always stay there for a little then find an area you really like and go from there!
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Permalink Reply by mary [AJ's Wife] on
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We got our money back when we waited for our house in Washington State. So you should.
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I'm moving to NAS Whidbey Island. Yea i plan to just stay on base no longer than a year, i should say in base housing because its technically not on base. We are stationed there for four years so we have a while to kinda settle down. I will be happy if they can have something in a week but if it takes to long i will just fly back to tx and wait it out if they don't reimburse us.
He told me he was told to contact the commands ombudsman and let her know we are getting married and moving up there, from what he said maybe she will be able to answer some of my specific questions. Fingers crossed! I feel like getting a hold of anyone in the Navy takes forever!!! lol
Thank you ladies for the feed back!
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