Stationed in Great Lakes

[sammy]

Hello! My husband is currently in school at Great Lakes. I just moved here last week. Does anyone on here currently live here? What do you do for fun? I'm feeling lost. This is our first move and i don't know anyone and i don't know what to do with myself!

[TexasLiz]

Hello Sammy! I added you as a friend a few weeks ago because I was reading about you moving to GL, and I'm glad to hear you finally made it up there! So are you and your hubby living together now? And are yall living on base or off base? I wish I could tell you I lived there right now, but I'm a few months away from that. My husbands in BC and PIR is 8/26. He's going into the AECF like your husband, so i'll be going through the exact same process you guys just went through(just with us attach a little one, our daughter, too, lol).

Anyway, once again I'm happy you made it up there!

 

[sammy]

Hello! Well when you do make it here if you ever want a friend i'll be here! lol. We live off base in Waukegan. I love it it here other than the fact that i don't know anyone yet. My husband was not able to move in with me immediately but a week after i got here his live ashore packet was approved. Is your husband going to be ET or FC?

[TinaZmom 02/936]

Hello, my son graduated 7/22 he is an ET, in his 1st week INDOC now.  He is engaged and plans to marry in a few weeks.  I am trying to help them find an apt close to the base.  Any info?  His fiance will be alone until get is approved to live ashore.  How long does that usually take?

[sammy]

it usually takes around a month to get the live ashore approved. however, she wont be in his orders to move there if they are not currently married. he will have to get his orders changed and the navy may not pay for her move there. i dont know if he would have trouble getting a live ashore approved or not. we live at eagles ridge in waukegan.

[Elizabeth]

my fiance is ET

[TexasLiz]

Oh I see, that must have been great having only to wait one more week after you got up there for him to live with you. I'm still deciding on moving there early, as long as we can find a house then we'll probably do it, just because we dont want to be separated from each other just because of his live ashore packet :(. I dont know if he's gonna be an FC or ET yet, but he finds out in week 6 of bootcamp(mid-august), so I probably wont know until the next time he calls me(I'm a sailor call). So yall must be close to the base if ur staying in Waukengan! Hopefully you can give me some advice on going up there. I'm glad we found each other on N4M, and look forward to becoming (real) friends in the near future!

[sammy]

as long as your husband keeps up with his paperwork his packet will be approved fast. my husband rushed and turned it in on his temporary ship which he was only at for 2 weeks and they lost it. if i were you i would try to wait. even after the paperwork got lost it still only took a little over a month to get approved. i know exactly how you feel though. knowing he had liberty and we weren't together sucked! are you looking to rent a house or an apartment? ill help you find a place!

[TexasLiz]

That actually doesnt sound too bad waiting a lil over a month for it to be approved.. Plus, I'm thinking maybe that would give him time to get situated into living off of RTC and onto the training side... Were wanting to rent a house, but I've had no luck finding anything under $1000 thats not (ghetto).. Lol, but maybe we'll compromise on apts(since we have multiple bad experiences with living in apartments)... Did u ever look into base housing as an option before you moved up there?

BTW- Thats sucks that they lost his paperwork! And if I dont move up there right away I'll be up there to visit at least once a month... And if I go apt or house hunting I'll let you know. I'm hoping for base housing but, not looking forward to anymore time away from him :(

[FC Breaux's Wife]

Hi. Me and my daughter moved up here from Texas back in March and also live in Waukegan. My husband got is live ashore a few months ago so he's home more now but I'm still bored during the day. He's about done with his aschool for FC so I don't know how much longer we'll be here. I'm 22 weeks pregnant so while my husband is at work we like to go to the beach or one of the parks and sometimes window shopping around the mall or around town, there's also going to the movies. I felt and still feel the same as you, I don't have friends around here because I really don't like our neighbors and I really haven't met any Navy Wifes yet.

[duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267]

hi ladies.  i'm not moving to GL but my daughter is there in boot camp (PIR 8/19) and will be driving up from NC (in a big U-Haul towing her car) with my son and SIL.  my SIL has already gotten an apartment in gurnee that we will be moving them into.  i have a question.  when can my daughter start the process to be able to live a shore?  can she start anything prior to PIR or does she have to wait until she starts A school.  she is also going to ET or FC (she said it depends on how she does in A school) which she will also be going to school in GL for.

 

thanks,

carol

proud navy mom of 2

[TexasLiz]

From what I understand they can start the live ashore packet as soon as they get out of bootcamp, which I assume is right after they transfer to the training side of Great Lakes. But she does have to wait until after PIR to do anything with her live ashore packet.

[duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267]

thanks.  it's been hard for them being apart, they haven't been apart more than a week in 3 years.  but, the distance made it easier.  with him living like 15 min from the base is going to make it harder.  so close yet so far away.