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Comment by Anti M on May 20, 2016 at 12:23pm

@Megs, yes, you can post the ship.  Google it, and it will give you the homeport.  Probably Yokosuka, since that is the bigger port.  

Comment by Anti M on May 20, 2016 at 12:21pm

If they say the taken rent is less than the BAH, then yes, you get to keep the extra.  You can always call the housing office directly and talk to them for specifics.  Not every neighborhood takes all the BAH.  The privatized neighborhoods tend to be very safe, any crime is usually transitory and resolved fairly quickly.   

Comment by Michael on May 20, 2016 at 11:51am

Please please research where you will live. Talk to others before you sign a contract. I was going to go to Ben moreell and found out of auto brake ins all the time and a meth lab that was found there last year. Talk to aunti M where the safe and good places are

Comment by Navy Wife AZ on May 20, 2016 at 11:18am

Hi Ladies, I'm hoping someone can answer my question. We are trying to move to VA when my husband returns from deployment this summer. So that means I am the one figuring out our housing situation. We have a one month old son as well. I'm trying to look into military housing through Lincoln Military Housing and I was wondering if the military will take all of our BAH if we choose to go that route regardless if the place we choose through LMH rent's is less? Meaning if they are advertising a place in the Stanley Court community at $995/month and our BAH is $1500/month, do we still get the difference or do they keep all $1500 even though the rent is less? Hopefully that makes sense. My husband is hearing different things from people on the ship and I have to organize everything so I'm trying to find out the correct info.

Comment by Megs2447 on May 20, 2016 at 10:19am

If he gets honor grad he advances to e3 yes

Comment by Megs2447 on May 20, 2016 at 9:10am

I have my passport already and it's good for 4 more years. I'll start applying now for those aide jobs and subbing positions. I'm not sure which base. I know which ship but I'm not sure if I should share that via the public forum?

Comment by Anti M on May 20, 2016 at 8:15am

Also, be very cautious when taking a teaching contract with an English teaching school in Japan.  While few are outright scams, some have bad reputations for how they treat their foreign teachers. Research every review you can find.  There will be plenty of jobs in Tokyo and Yokohama area, which works if the orders are to Yokosuka.  Sasebo is pretty built up, but Misawa, not so much.  Okinawa is like another country entirely.  

If he gets top grad, does he advance to E-3?  I know they do that in some cases.

Comment by Anti M on May 20, 2016 at 8:11am

Megs, which base?  We have several there.  You can look at teaching there via DODDS.  When I separated from the Navy in Yokosuka, I could not find work in electronics, so I subbed for years at the high school on base.  That may be an option, but I think you have to apply now.  You certainly should apply for a passport as soon as you can.  

The money is really good IF you can get a position on base.  They also hire tutors and aides locally if you do get sponsored.

http://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/

Comment by Megs2447 on May 19, 2016 at 11:52pm

Everyone, thank you for putting in your opinions and I appreciate all the info. Please don't argue. It never helps the situation. My sailor is an E2, but will hopefully be graduating top honor grad. He's still not even done with BECC and as an EM his separation date is mid September. We have found out these are not hard orders and probably haven't even been written. I am going this weekend to get married. We are choosing to think positive. We are looking into every avenue possible. I am a teacher and can get a work visa to teach English in Japan. Was I devastated, yes. However, I'm optimistic about everything and it WILL work out.

Comment by Anti M on May 19, 2016 at 9:14pm

If she goes over on a tourist visa to visit, she can only stay 90 days.  That long in Japan is extremely pricey, unless he has friends who would let her crash.  If he is going to a ship, he'll be deploying a lot, so she isn't missing a ton of time with him.  The 7th Fleet goes out a lot, over 250 days a year in some cases.  He will get to take leave, but getting a full 30 to travel to the US is hard.  Best to use it to visit with her if she gets to visit.  Get a passport NOW.

They should marry as soon as they can, in order to catch any possibility of her going over.  I do not know what paygrade he is, so can't say for sure if that is even realistic. Some commands are much better at approving sponsorship, but do I know which ones?  Nope.  Are they going to be apart early on in their marriage and is it hard as hell?  Yes.  I was apart from my husband for the first two years we were married, because oddly, we both had orders to Japan ... different ends of the country.  

As for arguing online, life is too short.  Disagree and move forward.  We all have something to add, we all have different styles, and that's okay.  

Bronco, thanks for saying I'm nice.  I've caught a lot of flak for being direct and bearing bad news in the past, because lots of new young SOs needed rainbows and kittens.  I am better at salt and reality checks.  Sometimes I forget and talk to spouses as if they were sailors, because that is what I was used to doing.  That never went over well, LOL.   

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