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New orders & info on schooling for spouses
Our wedding date is coming up in a few months and my fiancé (if he has the opportunity to) wants to take orders overseas - Japan, Italy, somewhere- for 4 years. I do not want to put my schooling on hold if I go with him and I was wondering if anyone has any information about schooling for spouses overseas or even on any base here in the US if its on base or an actual school I guess even online-I know that is the most common one but I don't know if they will offer classes for my major at some places, my fiancé tried looking.
Any and all information will be greatly appreciated. I want to be with my guy if he does end up being stationed somewhere.
Thanks in advance :)
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Permalink Reply by SavingGrace on
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AS & Thank You
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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If your fiancee is not an E4 or higher you will not be on his order to move over there. Just in case that applies to you or you didnt know. If not just ignore that :) as far as schools. I think online would be your best option, I am not for sure how it would work in other schools. If you go to a school that is overseas make sure its accredited for whatever you are wanting to use your school for. For instance if you area wanting to do dental tech.. make sure that school is recognized here as a legit school for that. Sorry I cant be of much help but that mgiht effect jobs and future schooling.
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I didn't know that little bit my fiancé is and E5 so thanks for the info and yeah I guess online would be my best bet. Thanks
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great! :) I just wanted to give you a heads up jic because a lot of girls dont realize it and their sailors dont and they end up getting stuck apart because of that. you are welcome! I think it would really depend on what you want to get your degree in as to how easy it would be best of luck
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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If your husband is in "A" school and gets married before he gets orders, they will not send him overseas due to having a spouse. If he gets orders overseas before he gets married, you will not be able to go with him, as his orders will be for just him, once he gets overseas, he would have to try to get command sponsorship...which normally doesn't happen.
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Since he's an E-5, as long as you are married before he gets his orders, then you should be able to go with him. If you aren't married before he gets his orders, then there's more of a problem.
As far as school for you goes, yes, there are opportunities on overseas bases to continue your education. Some of the classes are offered in classrooms (usually in the evening), and some are offered online. What classes are offered how are going to depend on the particular base and what's available (though of course the online is going to be pretty standard no matter where you go).
It's also going to depend on your degree. For example, it will be much easier to get your associates or your bachelors than it would a master's degree, and it would be harder to get a degree in something like, say, nursing, where it's very lab intensive. The universities that offered classes on base were all US schools. Also, depending on where you go, if you are in Japan and 're in the Tokyo area, there's a US accredited college there (it's actually a branch of a college in the US used for study abroad programs) that you could attend. We talked to them a bit and some of our daughters friends were considering them. (We were stationed in Japan and they were at their high school college fair). I can't remember the name of the school but next time I talk to our daughter I'll ask her if she remembers what college it was.
But I do have to add, having been stationed overseas several times and just moving back to the States this past summer, if you all do have the chance to go overseas as a couple, you should take it! The experience is amazing, and a learning opportunity in and of itself :-)
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He's an E-5, he can take you overseas. However, be SURE to get married well before it is time for his orders to be cut. They won't add you on, and getting command sponsorship is a complicated process if you're not already a spouse. Sometimes they just won't fund a spouse to go over. You can't just pick up and go live in a foreign country as a dependent, you need that SOFA visa.
I got my degree in Japan, on base, through the University of Maryland University College (that's not a typo). They offer a limited number of degree programs, and they added a teaching certificate program as I was leaving. There are a number of colleges with branches on base. Classes are accelerated, 8 week terms, evening classes. You can't miss a class, that's like missing two and a half classes in regular school!
I also flew back to my parents home for a summer semester at our state university.
What is your major?
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political science
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That one might be offered. Here's some links, you can research and ask directly:
http://www.cnic.navy.mil/Yokosuka/InstallationGuide/NavyCollege/CNI...
I received a psych degree from UMUC.
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