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Confused on liberty
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Permalink Reply by Chrissy(Ship 03 Div 354) on
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Okay. That was helpful thank you. His mom and I were unsure becuse his brother who is a marine got to stay with them in the hotel room they had that weekend. So they are pretty different. Could you also answer another questions.. They get paid the 1st an the 15th. But when I went to his bank they said he had not received a pay check. Do you know why? And on Friday do we get to see him after he moves?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Pay takes a while to process all the paperwork. If he had a lot of in-processing days, the pay can be delayed one pay cycle. Three or four weeks is average.
After he moves, you can see him for a few hours. Long enough for dinner for sure, maybe even long enough for him to relax in your hotel room.
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okay thank you so much for the information!
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Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
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He won't get paid the first pay cycle. Expect it on the 1st. My husband left on the 11th and received his first check the 15th of the following month.
Friday you will have between 30 minutes and an hour with him immediately after PIR, then he will have to move to the A school side. It can take up to 5 hours but when he's done he will call you and you can pick him up. He does have to go back every night and he'll know what time! -
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okay so if he gave them a direct deposit form it wont be in for a while. i have his bank card and his bank information cause i have things to buy him while he is gone. so i should expect it around October. apparently he can use his bank account here and the navy fed account(not sure if thats the name) have you heard of this?
okay thats good. at least i can see him for a good amount of time each day. now do we get to see him sunday as well? i didnt really expect to be this hard. but its pretty hard
thanks for the info. (:
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He can use whatever bank he wants. If he doesn't already have a bank account then when he's there he would have signed up for a Navy Fed account. Do you mean he is splitting his pay into 2 accounts? I have not heard of that aside from a checking and savings account.
You will get Sunday with him like Saturday. From 5 or 6 am to 9 or 10 at night.
I PROMISE you.... It gets easier! When my husband (boyfriend at the time!) left I didn't think it would but it does! -
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So he doesn't have his debit card with him? You might want to think about sending it to him. If he needs to buy stuff how will he be able to?
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Yeah two different bank accounts. His recruiter told him he can do 50% in his & 50% in the navy fed which is why he left it with me. But if he can only have one I have to send him his bank card .now could I send that in a letter? I have so much support my management team at work his sister in law my family his mom and dad. But nothing beats it comin from him. He's my best friend and now I just feel alone . Like my rock is gone
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I've done the split, but not in boot camp. One will get the main deposit, then an allotment is sent to the second account. He won't need his debit card in boot camp; they prefer the recruits don't have them.
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Well I've never heard of it beig split between two checking accounts but that doesn't mean it can't be. I'd wait to see what he says then because you don't want to mail it if you don't have to.
Boot camp is like training wheels for a deployment... So take this time to figure out your best way to cope! It's great to have all thy support but you're right it doesn't replace him. I found going to the gym really helped me & writing to him did more than I expected it to! -
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I've written a letter everyday since the day he got on that plane! I just write like it's a diary. I do miss him so much.
I had wrote a letter about his money & stuff so I guess ill be waiting to hear from him. How many times can they write? -
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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They can have it split between as many accounts as they want to.
Also they do not need their debit account while in bootcamp. He doesn't need to buy anything, and what he does need to buy he will be given an advance from his pay to buy..ie...things from the NEX, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, ect...
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