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getting married in great lakes, question! please help

I got the letter from my SR today. He talked to his commanding officer and got the okay to get married on PIR weekend, since he requested permission ahead of time. He told me to look up courthouses close to Chicago where we can get in and get out. I know someone has had to go through this experience before and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to the best place to go.

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Permalink Reply by wagner's wife on July 7, 2011 at 7:42am
He isn't in a school there.. he is just graduating from boot camp. His a school in south cwrolina is a lot less strict about that kinda stuff because its a year and a half long. He says he got permission so I guess I will know for sure tomorrow!
Permalink Reply by wagner's wife on July 9, 2011 at 4:00am
Just an FYI.... Getting married was extremely successful with a few hours to spare, and even time for lunch. For future reference! Just be prepared to walk from one end of the building to the other, MULTIPLE times. Hahaha. Other than that, easiest thing I have ever done. Love my husband and sailor!
Permalink Reply by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on July 9, 2011 at 1:15pm
Congratulations!! :)
Permalink Reply by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on July 9, 2011 at 5:28pm
Congrats on being married!!
Permalink Reply by heathertx on July 28, 2011 at 2:03am

i plan on doing the same thing next week, where did you go and did it take long?

Permalink Reply by wagner's wife on July 28, 2011 at 8:07pm
Make sure he has permission. Lake county courthouse and we got there around 11:30 and were done with everything by 3
Permalink Reply by heathertx on July 29, 2011 at 2:48am
did you have to wait 24 hrs like it says on the website?
Permalink Reply by Tiffany on August 1, 2011 at 4:29pm
how did he go about getting permission? I just got a letter from my SR and he hasnt been able to find out anything. He is going to talk to the Chaplain, but do you have any other advice??
Permalink Reply by Tiffany on July 31, 2011 at 10:37pm

Congrats on getting married! I was just wondering if you might could tell me how it all worked out. My finace and I are hoping to get married PIR weekend as well (August 13th). I've been trying to research and keep finding all different info on what all we have to do. He is putting in a request, but I haven't heard anything yet so we're just keeping our fingers crossed. I still want to have everything planned ahead of time just incase though. Any suggestions??

Permalink Reply by wagner's wife on August 5, 2011 at 2:27pm
He asked his RDCs, but I don't know who he should talk to. We didn't have to wait 24 hours. We were able to get it waived.. but to waive it could cost almost three hundred dollars but you can possibly waive the fee as well. Not much planning to do, all ya need is your ID. Everything else was just going from one room to another filling out paperwork and going in front of judges. I just know its frowned upon to get married PIR weekend unless you let someone know. They try to talk ya out of it. Hey threatened my hubs a few times, told him not to get married, but they just don't want ppl making bad decisions. He didn't get into any trouble. Shoot, I was in Sc with him the week after graduation. But every A school is different!

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