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What should I do about getting married?
I've read through the other marriage threads, but I wanted to put my own personal situation out here.
I pushed my fiance to get married before he left, but he blindly followed the recruiter's advice that it would be "more complicated" and could "set him back' and all that. Because of it, I'm squeaking by on money, and that BAH would've helped a lot... -sigh- Well!!! I want to get married after PIR, but I keep reading things that say that won't happen... then I read things that say it could... then I read others that make me cry. I don't know what to believe, and I don't know what to do. He is supposed to be going for Nukes and I want to be able to move with him as soon as possible. I want him to be able to see his 5 month old daughter, you know? This young is the fastest they grow up, and I don't want him to miss it!
Well, is it hopeful that we could get married after PIR? If he doesn't get nukes for some reason and ends up stationed in GL, would that make it impossible to get married?
I have so many questions and I"m so confused. I've known nothing about the military or what is going on, and my fiance just believed everything his recruiter told him. :( Please help me...
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Permalink Reply by motherinlawtobe on
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you can get married after he starts A school with permission. One of the things on the list of things they cannot do after PIR, get married. Once he is in A school then he has to request permission and you can get married wherever he is during that time. It's a little more complicated, but it can be done. Don't give up!
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Permalink Reply by Squeekerz on
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( I've read that people have done it... I was hoping to be able to.
But in A-school... I dunno how long it'd take before he could leave base to get married? And I don't know how I could even get down there. I don't drive or work. =\ His parents are taking me with them to PIR... -flails- Why does it have to be so complicated?! Stupid recruiter!!! He messed everything up!
lol I will definitely get through it, but I'm so worried that he's going to miss so much with my daughter. And I miss him a lot... oi.
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depending on where his A school is, he may only have a few hours with you and your family and may have to be at the airport early the next morning. Chances are there won't be time also, if I am not mistaken, it's on the list of things they cannot do. (if it could be done my daughter and her fiance would have done it!) He has to be in Phase II so he can leave base. You will have to get the license and arrange with the courthouse wherever he is located to do so. They usually will work with military couples. The other option is to wait until he gets leave at the end of A school and get married locally. Have your sailor speak to someone about his options. They have resources available to them.
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Permalink Reply by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on
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For Nuke school, they can leave base on the weekends in phase 1!
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Permalink Reply by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on
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Hey Squeekerz! I may be able to help out with some of your questions. :)
But I have a question for you: what rate (job) did he sign up for before he left for bootcamp? Did he sign as a Nuke? Or did he sign as something else in hopes to get Nuke?
If he's in the Nuke program, my advice is to go down and get married if that's what you both want to do. But only if getting married is truly what you want to do.
If you go down and get married in Charleston, he can get a house for you and your kids in a matter of days. Then you can pack up all your stuff and head down there.
If he ends up stationed in GL, things could be a bit more difficult for you... I've heard that the liveashore packages don't go over too well there.
If you have any questions (especially about the Nuke program and how things work), I'd be more than happy to do my best to answer for you. :) -
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Thank you so much! The job on his initial enlistment papers was Advanced electronics computer field (AECF) ... I dunno if they changed it at MEPS though.
We truly do want to get married. :) I love him so much, and I have never tried so hard to be a good person for someone in all my life. I have never wanted to commit this much to anyone either. <3
And really? Days?! That's crazy, but exciting.
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Nuke school phases.Each is four weeks and in order to phase up, they must pass a PFA and be in good standing in classes.
Phase 1: Must be in uniforms at all times. Not allowed off base on weekdays. Allowed off base on weekends. Curfew of midnight every night. No alcohol. No driving.
Phase 2: Must be in uniform during the week. Allowed off base on weekdays (in uniform). Allowed off base on weekends (in civis). Curfew of midnight. Alcohol if of age. Driving and car permitted.
Phase 3: Only have to be in uniform during school day. Curfew of midnight on school nights. No curfew on weekends (overnight liberty permitted).
He can get married as soon as he gets down there-- as long as he gets it cleared with his SLPO. You can go down, get married, and then he can get a house. The timeline for moving down there is pretty fast. There's no waitlist for housing.
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Yes! I'm only speaking for Nuke school. :)
Angie knows her stuff about GL, and Anti M is completely correct!
Although the Nuke program is one of the hardest academic programs in the military, its rules are relaxed compared to just about every other training command (except for drinking underage and drinking and driving, you do either of those or even supply to minors or KNOW about someone who supplied to minors or a minor who drank and you're ass is grass. You drink and drive and you can pretty much guarantee to be kicked out of the program/the Navy completely. No questions asked). -
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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If his papers said AECF, there's a good chance that is what he'll have. It is a bit more overmanned, so cross your fingers for nuke. That's because AECF is in Great Lakes, which is the more difficult school command in terms of getting married.
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Thanks. I don't know if that's what his final enlistment papers said. His mother told me that when he took the ASVAB they called him back later to take the Nuke test, 'cause he scored so high (A perfect in the nuke section). He scored high on that test as well... I still have no idea what was written down though... =\ I will definitely be rooting for nuke. That's what he REALLY wants to do, not AECF.
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