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My fiance graduation's is in 2 weeks.
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Permalink Reply by I <3 my Sailor (Ship 04/DIV 817) on
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i need to know these same questions. Mine graduates in 3 weeks, and then goes to Pensacola for A school. we plan on getting married after he gets their & asks for permission. I hope someone can help us both.
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Permalink Reply by erinlynn87(7/289) on
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i plan on doing the same thing! My fiance graduates 9/1/11. I live in SC, so it's not too far of a drive for me. After he gets permission i plan on driving down to FL and have a small small wedding on the beach. I plan to pay for myself to move down and wait on him to get his approval to move off base with me. I guess you'll be getting there before me! Let me know how it works out for you!! :)
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Permalink Reply by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on
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As it's been discussed recently in other discussions, the rules vary by command. Goose Creek is very lax with this stuff, so anything I say only applies to there. I know pensacola has different rules, I <3 my sailor.
Goose Creek - yes you can live with him in A school. There is a ton of on-base housing (actual houses, too, not just apartments), but you can also opt to live off base if you'd like. As far as getting off base, not really. If you join the group Nuke Moms, there is TONS of info about this stuff - and there is a discussion called what to expect when your sailor arrives at GC, or something - and it talks about privileges during the different phases.
Don't be anxious, it will all work out. When during school do you plan on getting married? He may have to get a chit to leave a little bit early on a Friday to go to the courthouse if that is what you are doing, but generally like I said, Goose Creek is pretty relaxed with this stuff....have to make up for the school being so intense! :)
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Also, I would suggest searching through old discussions on this group as there has been a lot of great information shared on this topic!
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Permalink Reply by Alexis(OhSoInLoveWithMySailor):) on
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I have been trying lol... :( I'm starting to get some where though :)
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If you have other questions, don't hesitate to ask. And definitely get involved on 'Nuke Moms', great info....tons of resources. If I don't know answers to your questions here, I can bet Emily or AntiM will!
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Permalink Reply by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on
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Just saw this discussion. Mary has got you covered.
Hey Mary! You'll have to take over the ropes for Amanda and I in Nuke Moms someday. :)
What I say only goes for Nukes down in SC.
Yes you will be able to live with him. You can get on base housing which is super nice. Or you can live off base. Most students (especially in the early phases) tend to live on base. Just more convinent since they spend a lot of hours in the building and you can be close to the Navy community. And all of the single guys live off base during Prototype (3rd school) since there are no barracks available. (Random fun fact for you. haha).
As for will he be allowed off base? Are you referring to like liberty? Yes, he will be. Head over to "Nuke Moms" or "Loved Ones in the Nuke Program" and check out the discussion: "Your sailors schedule upon arrival to GC" It has TONS of info on things like that. Basically, when he first gets down there, he'll be allowed off base on the weekends (in uniform) until midnight. Weekdays he'll have to stay on base. And he wont be allowed to drive or drink alcohol.
I have heard of a girl who went down there and he got permission (before A school started) to go off base during the week and get married. And they were moved into their house like 2 days later!!
If you have any questions, pleaaase don't be afraid to ask! I love helping others out! :)
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Permalink Reply by skell456 (AO wife) on
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I really do not know anything about the south carolina base, and every base is so different. I do know that we are in Pensacola, so I can answer most questions for here. I do know one thing most of the questions asked depends on how long they will be in A-school. The Navy will not pay for you to move there first of all because you were not married before bootcamp, and secondly because it is not his permenate duty station unless it is longer than so many weeks I can't remember how long exactly. My husband is only going to be here for 4 months so we decided to put all of our stuff in storage. Our orignal plan was to live in a hotel (which a lot of people do in the south so it is not weird LOL), and there are a few wives down here that are, but I have family down here so we are staying with them instead. Here they have to earn their freedom in phases. We have been here for 6 weeks and he is finally phase three which means he can stay the weekends with us. Although we can see him everyday. He just has to be back by certain times. I also know that my hubby had a week between the time he got there and when he actually had to report. He was not allowed to leave during that time. It was ok tho because he started his watch qualifacations and earned phases faster than other people that got here later.
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Again the apartment situation all depends on how long his A-school really is. Isn't really smart to get an apartment if he is only going to be a year, but that is purely my opinion.
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he will be in school for over a year so i hope we get permission to live together.
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He needs to ask for the brown bagger chit that is what they call it here. K Good luck!!! I have another married friend down here he will also be down here for over a year and pregnant wife is also here, but they cannot live together, but that is for the Correy station and everyone is different so IDK.
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Ill tell him to ask. Do they pay for her move & place?
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