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Getting married.

Hi all :)

My fiancee and i are getting married tomorrow, and im kinda lost on what we need to do next. What kind of paper work do we have to fill out? Do i have to get my social changed? where do i get my military id, how to we go about getting BAH? This is all so new to us and neither one of us are sure where to begin. I dont want to get too stressed and have it ruin our Newly wed phase. ANY advice would help. Thank you.

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Comment by Nan(Ship 9 Div 247) on December 6, 2011 at 6:19pm: Hi Lyndsi, My son and his fiancee got married in Pensacola a few weeks ago. They too had tons of questions. There was plenty of help one the base, he is in A School. His Chief pointed him to the correct offices as did the yoeman. He just needs to ask and they will walk the two of you through everything. Congratulations to the two of you.

Comment by Anti M on December 6, 2011 at 8:27pm: He should have had his special request chit in and approved weeks ago, so his command will know he is marrying. A day before is not a lot of time. He can still get married, but may catch flak for not telling anyone up front. I'm betting he knows full well he should have put in that chit. If they ask up front, his command could have pointed him to the correct classes which explain all the benefits for dependents and how to get them.

Is he still in school, or at a command/ship?

You can change the name on your SSN, but he can do all the paperwork to make the rest happen.

To get your ID card, he takes your marriage license, your SSN (old name is fine) and birth certificate to PSD. They enroll you in DEERS and put you on page two of his service record as a dependent. He will sign a form DD 1172, which will get you your ID card (dd 1173). Ideally, you will be with him for this step, makes it easier. You can get your ID card at almost any military facility with this signed form, so if you have to do it later, that is fine. He will sign you up for Tricare (health coverage) during this process. He can file for BAH, but it takes several pay cycles to kick in, do not expect to see it right away. It can take up to eight weeks to show up in his pay.

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on December 8, 2011 at 7:04am: After we got our Marriage certificate certified at the court house (check what info you'll need to bring when you go ss card, birth certificate or whatever) we stopped by the DMV (I needed my license and marriage certificate) and got my license changed, then off to the social security office (i needed my ss card, new license). After I got all that covered we headed on base to get my ID ( I only needed to show my new ss card and my new license) and then we wen to the Tri Care office at the hospital and got signed up for DEERS. After that we went to his unit and changed all the paper work stuff. Our BAH hit the next pay day but we made sure we all the paper work was done completely.