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Deciding whether or not to move?

Well I took this quarter off of school in hopes of changing my major, however things did not work out for me. So I am now looking into transferring schools. Obviously I am looking into this as an opportunity to move to where my bf is going to be. Anyone know the chances of him being deployed or when? I know it differs for every sailor, but he is stationed at Whidbey Island to a squadron in Black Ravens Electronic Warfare. Is anyone familiar with this? My bf seems to think that he will not end up on a ship, and if he is deployed he will be going to another land base over seas or something. 

I do not want to commit to a school in WA where I know nobody and then have my bf get deployed and I'll be stuck there by myself. But I also do not want to transfer to another school down here in Southern California and not be able to be with him at all. So I've been thinking about maybe doing online schooling that way I'm not committing to staying in one area for the next one-and-a-half to two years, and it will give me the freedom of being able to move when the right time comes. 

So I guess what I'm asking is if any of you have been in a similar situation before? and if any of you are familiar with how things work at Whidbey Island?

Thanks! 

Emily

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Permalink Reply by ProudNavyGf81 (Ship 11 Div 319) on October 24, 2012 at 2:02am

I really appreciate hearing other points of views and opinions. Especially coming from those of you who have been in a similar situation before. Or have advice on how to deal with the Navy as "just a girlfriend." Deciding to marry someone is big deal, and I want to make sure we're doing it for the right reasons. I hope he's not feeling pressured to ask, he has been bringing it up a lot lately. Not that I'm questioning him, because I'm not at all. But it's been a lot to take in, deciding whether or not to move is already a hard decision, but throwing marriage in there too? I'm not sure how much my parents will be able to handle haha. It's reassuring to hear how certain things will become a lot easier if we do decide to take that step though. He told me earlier tonight that he supports what ever decision I end up making and that he loves me and wants to marry me all the same, but that me staying in California obviously isn't his first choice haha. 

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