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Thought I would start this thread so you can at least connect and share stories together. Seems like there is a fair amount of you in Great Lakes and just as many more trying to decide if you can more to Great Lakes.
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Permalink Reply by Amanda(proudnavywife) on
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Anyone living in Washington? My husband and I just got our permanent duty station of Bremerton, Wa.
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Permalink Reply by April(Don's girl) on
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I'm currently living in Seattle, WA about 1 1/2 hour away from Bremerton. I usually go there to Bremerton/Bangor to the commissary and visit family. My uncle is retired navy and eneded up retiring in Bremerton. Its a beautiful place especially in the spring/summer time; in fact if my husband wasn't in the Navy I would retire there. Let me know if you want any information I can help. Congrats to you and your sailor!
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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April, I am hoping thatvyou can get base housing or at least a plaace in VA as MD is so pricey. Your hubby may find hevis in night classes now but they usually rotated the classes around so they may change before hevis done @ Dahlgren.
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Thanks Mary for the info. I thought he would just stay a night student. Right now the timing is very tricky, but we're looking. We've narrowed it down to King George, La Plata, or Colonial Beach. Base housing isn't going to be an option because we'll be there less than 6 months. Its a litte crazy planning things right now, but very excited that we'll finally get a permanent assignment in a couple of months =)
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is it true that aecf families get moved to be with their sailor during a school regardless of the "20 wk rule"?
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No.It's just that schooling for AECF generally is longer so you are more likely to be able to move,but the timeframe still applies.
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any idea how long it takes after graduation to get moved (if approved for it)? And do A school fams get to live on base?
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From what I understand your husband can get the paperwork going while in BC.Not sure how long it takes really it depends on whether he gets his paperwork in.A school families can live in base housing but generally there is a wait list so as soon as the paperwork is in you should get ahold of housing.
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Permalink Reply by Ash on
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We're in Lake Bluff at the Forest Pointe apartments and have been really happy here and it's less than 10 minutes to the main base gate. The areas I recommend are Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Gurnee....Stay away from Waukegan, it's cheaper but super ghetto. There's an apartment called The Woodlands on Green Bay Rd, they're across the street from base housing (it's technically a north chicago address but barely, it's right on the n chicago/lake bluff border, they're on the south side of Buckley, so it's not a scary area). I haven't been in them but have heard good things and they look nice, and they're really close to base and just down the street from the NEX and commissary.
BAH is $1191 and for a decent apartment in a safe area you'll be looking at about $900/1k for a one bedroom and $1k+ for a 2 bedroom, we pay $1130 for our 2/br. This time of year they're usually running specials too, which is always nice :) -
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Permalink Reply by txnavywife320 on
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i see some talk about c school in dahlgren, va, my husband should be getting orders there soon and i'm hoping to get base housing, but on the website it says there isn't any available. has anyone had trouble gettin base housing for c school? what houses do they put you in, the townhouses?
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Permalink Reply by Quishana on
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From my understanding you should look into housing in the location he will be stationed after C-school. hopefully its not far(maybe Norfolk, VA) and he can come home during the weekend.
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Quinshana and txnavywife, base housing can be full at different times, when we moved to Japan there was a year waiting list for base housing. Your hubby won't know where he will be stationed until C school is almost over and could go anywheres ( our son went from Dahlgren to HAwaii).
Has your hubby been assigned a sponsor yet in Dahlgren? They could be very valuable to speak to about housing. Another option is to call the housing office there to confirm their wait, often they will have a list of local landlords to work with. Fredericksburg, VA is the closest (big) community, you could google their newspaper and look for rentals. -
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