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Permalink Reply by Mary - wife of a sailor on
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Josh's Wife, tell your husband to stay focused on the future. Some things are not going to go as planed and you just have to learn to 'roll with it'. I love being a Navy Wife. I'm glad my husband joined the navy even with all the stress and worry that goes with it. You have to take the bad with the good. This experience has transformed my husband in to someone I love 10 times more! There is no regret here. When my husband joined the navy it was like a fresh new start for us.
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Hey Josh's Wife, I know exactly how you feel, me and my husband are only 19 and it was a lot for us to handle too but we've been doing really well. I live in the forrest pointe apartments in Lake Bluff, it's even closer to the base and very military friendly, they have a "stars and stripes" military program. They are really great, and my husbands BAH covers it all plus we get the left over money in our pocket! It's going to be hard but very rewarding at the same time. It'll really make ya'll love and appreciate each other even more. We are glad that he went into the Navy. I wish you the best, and message me if ya ever want to talk.
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Tiff, my husband PIR is 1/15 and then he starts A school... in GL i was wondering how long it took after PIR for your husband to be able to live off base. Because if it is just 2 weeks than i will move up there and have everything ready but if it was like 1-2 months than i will wait, but i just need to know what is best.
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I don't think Tiffany is living in GL. And I'm not her but I'll share my experience anyway.... I didnt wait, but we had to pay for the move ourselves. I still got to go on base and eat with my husband almost every night (minus duty days) and we hung out every weekend. It took him 4 weeks to finish the live ashore packet, so 4 weeks before he was able to live with me. It may take longer is you are wanting to live in base housing b/c sometimes there is a waiting list. Hope this helps.
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Permalink Reply by mlynnc2 on
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Im trying to find out what Live Ashore papers are and when they fill them out. I was reading that the sailors have to fill them out in order for their wives to move. Can anyone fill me in, this was not somthing the recuriter said had to be done when i asked him multiple times what i need to do and expect.
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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mlynnc2, your hubby will need to fill this out when he reports to the school command and if I remember correctly he has to be phase one before he can do this so I think it takes a couple of weeks.
Live Ashore paperwork gives your husband the ability to live with you in GL on all nights but his duty days.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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On the Great Lakes group, there is a sailor who was denied Live Ashore because of the bad behaviors of others. Something about a new rule. Can someone who is actually there verify this? This is important information for the new wives. Is it one school or all of them?
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/askthesdc/forum/topics/newly-marri...
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That is true. My fiance is currently at Great Lakes doing ATT. We were planning on getting married as soon as I get a job up there (I'm an RN) and then having him live ashore with me. BUT, they had a brief with their chief this week and were told that no one will be granted live ashore from this point on. Too many of the live ashore sailors have violated the rules (missing musters, etc). I don't know if this will affect BAH for wives or not.
Now, I'm not 100% about this next part, but my fiance told me that the only people that would be granted live ashore are those who were already married when they joined the Navy, ie before boot camp.
This really puts a damper on our plans, but I've quickly come to learn not to hope or expect too much and to really cherish the time I do get. I still plan on moving up there, because like someone said before, I could still have dinner with him most nights (not duty days) and spend (most) weekends with him.I suppose I should add that he is going for ET and is currently in ATT, but from my understanding this is for everyone.
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If you marry, he will get BAH for you whether or not you live together. That's a completely different issue.
Thank you for the verification.
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Permalink Reply by priscilla; FC wife on
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Update: My husband is in ATT as well and said that, according to their chief, those that were married prior to enlisting would be granted live ashore.
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did anyone have any trouble getting on the Great Lakes Base site? My computer for some reason wont let me on.. and i need to get on to get some info for the on base housing application.
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Permalink Reply by JoshsWife_ET-GL on
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you need to have google chrome or mozilla firefox it wouldnt work for me either until i changed my browser
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