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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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Hi- anyone who can answer this, and their husband is at/or completed Frac... Did the Navy pay for your move Frac... If not, and you moved yourself, will they still give you BAH for the state he will be doing Frac in? Thanks in advance... I've been looking for a concrete answer on this, and no ones been able to answer.. =)

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Permalink Reply by NavyWife10 on August 24, 2011 at 12:37am

Had a typo- *did the Navy pay for you to move to Frac with him ***

Permalink Reply by April on August 24, 2011 at 12:43am

Thanks for asking this! I am not sure about this either. I have heard that your BAH changes when you move to FRAC. But I don't know if that is true. I have heard mix things about paying for the move as well. Hopefully someone will know!

Permalink Reply by NavyWife10 on August 24, 2011 at 12:48am

I hope we get an answer soon! I have heard about a million different things, I just want it verified! I stress over the smallest of things... Haha

Permalink Reply by Ashley on August 24, 2011 at 8:45am

Oh and about the BAH we didnt start getting it for jax until after he got back from Sere so we had to go two months without it then it kicked in. But if its your perminate comand then you should get it immediatly. Oh and make sure you are on his orders to move. I wasnt on my husbands even tho I lived in pensacola the whole time he was there.

Permalink Reply by NavyWife10 on August 24, 2011 at 1:22pm

If you wasn't on his orders, how did they move yall? Sorry, I'm just trying to ask every possible question I can think of... Lol. I tried messaging you, but I'm on my phone and it won't let me. Did they fix his orders so you were on there, and when did yall get the s00$ to move? When did he graduate a school?

Permalink Reply by Ashley on August 24, 2011 at 2:27pm

See thats the thing I didnt understand was they knew I was there the whole time I was even on his LES as a spouse, so idk. It worked out in the end somehow.We got the 400 before we moved like a day or two, we have been here four months and just got reembursed from moving and it was about 3000. So that was nice we just had to wait.

Permalink Reply by Sara with a H on August 28, 2011 at 5:03pm

were you from Pensacola though? Or did you move here while he was in school?

Permalink Reply by NavyWife10 on August 24, 2011 at 3:33pm

So did the navy actually have people come in and pack your stuff and ship it to Jax or did you pay for it?

Permalink Reply by Ashley on August 24, 2011 at 9:32pm

Yes the navy moving people came in our house and packed everything. But it was a horrible experience. the workers were old and lazy and used our bathroom. I dont recommend it.

Permalink Reply by sweetpea4 on August 26, 2011 at 12:49pm

Does anyone know how the testing works if a student doesn't pass a skill. Are they graded on if the skill comes naturally or is this something the navy tries to develope? How willing are the instructors on helping candidates or are the instructors there to just weed them out? Seems like the learning curve is very short,show you once, test and get it right or your out. Can anyone shed some light on the process?

Permalink Reply by NavyWife10 on August 26, 2011 at 3:24pm

If a student doesn't pass the test the first time, they get another chance to re-test, usually the next day. If they fail again, they are rolled to the next training class. If they fail the same procedure again in the next class, they are usually dropped from RSS. I don't know if an instructor would actually help/give advice one on one. My husband hasn't had any trouble, except for one test that was a "stupid" mistake, so to speak. So, I wouldn't know what to say on that part. It's really just a big weeding out process to be honest, but it isn't an impossible program.