Girlfriends, Fiances,and Wives of Sailors

@Navygirlfriend1 There are phases that sailors go through at Goose Creek. Check this out:

http://navyformoms.com/group/nukemoms/page/your-sailor-s-schedule-u...

Also, join the Nuke moms group, you don't have to be a mom to join!

http://navyformoms.com/group/nukemoms

Megs, married sailors do not need liberty buddies once they have been granted Live Ashore.

For general information, the word "restriction" in the Navy implies formal punishment and no access to phones, etc.   While the constraints of the liberty rules may feel punishing, it is better not to use "restriction" as that is easily misunderstood.  

EM is pretty long so he should at least ask.  I looked, married sailors can have their spouse be their liberty buddy.  I hope that helps!

Major surgery today, so wish me luck.  Hospital has wifi, so maybe I can check in tomorrow.

I hope all goes well with your surgery, will keep you in my prayers!

Thanks for the well wishes everyone.  I am home, feel kinda crappy, but improving.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

The seat time for his A school needs to be over 20 weeks for her to have a paid move to Groton.  Once he gets there, he puts in a Live Ashore packet to start the process, which takes a few weeks.  Nothing done before or during boot camp can speed this up.  She may want a general POA in order to handle somethings which may require his signature, but as far as A school, it happens when it happens.  It is possible his school will not be long enough.  If he is on hold waiting for school, that time does not count.  

You can handle the HHG shipment with a POA.  It is done all the time.  

Also, if his school is not long enough, and she decides to move to Groton anyway, they do not have to let him move out of the barracks.  He'll still have a nightly curfew, and only during phase three will he be able to spend the night offbase on weekends.  This is very much a hurry up and wait situation, unfortunately.

My nephew is a nuke, he was on a fast attack.  They were out to sea as much as any ship, long deployments, sea trials, exercises, short underways.  He missed the birth of his son, as did five other sailors on his sub.  They made the news with that homecoming! So I can't say a lot about SECF, because he had a completely different training experience.

Fast attacks get port calls, more mail, and some rare phone calls.  Boomers are bigger, rarely get mail drops when transferring personnel, and few port calls.  Fast attacks are out more often, but that also means they are at their homeport more often. One crew.  Boomers run silent and deep, and have two crews, so they swap off half the year (roughly, it varies, of course).  Research blue and gold crews.

BAH is housing allowance for you and your husband to pay living expenses with. It will get deposited into your husband's paycheck. BAH amount depends on the area, and I've found the BAH calculator at http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/bahCalc.cfm very helpful! You guys will get backpay from the date you get married, but it may take a few weeks for BAH to show up in his pay. Just make sure you get his page 2 updated as soon as you can to help speed along the process. Congrats on your marriage!

You are so welcome!!

Hello!  My fiancé wanted me to ask all of you a question about his insurance.  He never got an insurance card, and he is in desperate need of contacts.  The wait to get in at the eye doctor on base is over a month, and so he wants to go off base for the contacts and eye doctor.  How does his insurance work off base?  Does he need an insurance card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!  

His ID card is his insurance card.  He has to have permission from his PCM/the base clinic to see an off base doctor, so he needs to ask about that.  Tricare might cover the exam, but does not pay for contacts (or glasses).   He should look at someplace such as America's Best, a free exam place, because many civilian eye docs do not take Tricare.  It is what we do as retirees on Tricare.  No referral needed, as far as I know, but again, he needs to ask because the rules for active duty can be strict.

Thank you Anti M!

Sailors are able to wear civilian clothes off base during phase 2 liberty. And when my husband was at Great Lakes he was able to wear civilian clothes during his phase 2 liberty. Hope that helps!

It is not difficult, although it takes a little time.  I haven't done it in a long while, so you need to check the State Department for the newest rules.

I just changed mine a couple of months ago. If your passport is less than a year old it will not cost you anything. If it is more than a year old it will cost you $110. I just filled out the application online and sent in my old passport, a check, the application, and my marriage certificate. I had my new passport back in less than 2 weeks from when I sent it in. I made sure to put a tracking number on what I sent. I received my old passport and marriage certificate a few days after getting my new passport. If you have any questions let me know. 

Michael my marriage certificate only had my maiden name on it also. When you fill out the application they will ask for the name that is on you SS card so you will just put the same name that is on there.