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Moving wherever A School is??
Hey there I was curious to get some opinions. I currently live in Jacksonville, FL and My husbands PIR is Oct. 26th. His A School is in Pensacola, FL. They said it could be anywhere from 14-26 weeks in school. My problem is I need to get away from Jacksonville. Should I move to where his school is or try to hang in there for the 4-6 months?? Any and all opinions are welcome!!! thanks!!
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Permalink Reply by Ashley-PO2 Spouse on
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I dont think it's a wise idea to move there. My hubby and I never had time to leave base when we were in school. I knew a couple of people who had wives there and they were miserable because they were away from family and never got to see them. the nice thing is you are close enough you can still visit on long weekends What is his school?
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Permalink Reply by ZeeKittiKat Ship2Div950 on
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Well the thing is...is that im not worried about being miserable and away from family... we have an 18 month old son..and i understand he wont be able to live with me and not have much time to leave the base but im not sure how much longer i can stand it in this city...ive lived here most of my life and hate it...
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oh he is going for AV...i think its AT...idk i just know it has to do with aviation..he hasnt explained it fully to me
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There school isn't really long enough to move. you won't be able to find housing for that short of time. I would hold off. I know it's hard with kids. my son is 7 months and my husband has been gone on and off. Even if you hate your town, some support is still support. if you do want to go up there, make sure you have the salior relief act in your housing contract. it says you can break a contract with orders.
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So if i dont have the salior relief act in my current lease i wouldnt be able to break it? The recruiter we talked to had asked me if i was moving where his school is and at first i wasnt but when they told me i could break my lease without paying an arm and a leg i started to change my mind. I wouldnt even try for military housing i was just going to find somewhere with shorter leases
but im not too sure now...>./p>
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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The recruiter will say what ever they think will make you happy. Most have no idea's how the schools work.
Until you figure out what rating your recruit is going for, no one can give you the proper answer if you are allowed to move or not.
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Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
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I lived with my husband during A school. The only reason I did is because his C school was at the same base and it is 2 years long so I knew I was going to move here for C school anyway. During A school he will be allowed to live off base with you if you live there, or on base housing. (in San Diego even the military housing is off base). The only thing is the Navy will not pay to move you (which shouldn't be too bad from Jville to Pcola anyway). I disagree with Ashley about not having a lot of together. He was home every night and we had all weekend unless he had a watch. So it was definitely worth it for me to move while he was in A school instead of waiting for him to start C school!
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Yeah im not worried about the navy providing housing or moving costs i just cant deal with this town or the ppl in it..lol im not even sure if he is going to have more school after A school or if we will get our orders or not...i still havent recieved his first letter from boot camp...
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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To live offbase, married sailors have to put in to live ashore, or brown bag. Supposed to be a longer school (around six months), but some of the schools are more lenient. Some aren't. He may be able to spend weekends offbase once he earns his liberty privileges. Do ask for details about which school, rate, so on from him. If you know details, you can find better answers here. He may not know a lot right away, heck, as a group we know more than the average recruit.
Be prepared for his first letters to be down in mood, most people hate boot camp at first. He'll pick up after a few weeks.
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some places will honor it anyways. but big military areas make sure it is in your contract. you can try. I just know my school was four months and i was only allowed off base overnight on weekends. some of the schools that are longer like nuke will allow you off base more. but at's aren't at school long, and i didn't know a single one allowed to be gone overnight during the week. but that's my experience, i did one tour and got out.
i'm not trying discourage you. i just know it's a scary world to step into and the more information the better.
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Permalink Reply by kyoprtop on
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My husband is in Pensacola, I am in Iowa. It sucks. If you can move there I would. He can get what they call brown bagger status...that is where he can live off base with you, however they do have different stages that he has to go through first, they do not take long though. I wish that we would have done that. My husband was told 14-26 weeks too, however when he got down to Pcola he was told that it would be a minimum of 7 months, and he has had a few set backs since. He was down there a month before he even started classes, and then they evacuated for the hurricane. So to make a long story short if you can move I would.
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