Moving to Oceana! :)

[whitneylg]

Hey everyone! My husband is currently in A-School in Pensacola, and will be graduating March 15th. He just received orders for NAS Oceana in Virginia. I am completely lost with coordinating our move. We are both from middle Tennessee and will be going back to get all of our furniture before heading to VA. Any advice on making the move? Should we do a self move or let the Navy move all of our things? He hasn't received wirtten orders yet, just verbal. Any advice on nice apartments near NAS Oceana? ANY advice will help!

[meagan5220]

Congrats, well once he gets hard orders yall can actually set up your move, IMO I would say let the Navy move it. I have heard you can make a little money doing it DITY but heard with the state of things now its taking forever to get reimbursed and you have to do it just right to make money and not lose money. IDK bc we just let the Navy do it and it worked out great. you can also contact the housing office for Oceana and ask them for a list of RPP properties. That stands for Rental Partnership Program. Tell them the area you want, size, price, etc and they can email you a list of all the properties in the area that accept RPP. RPP is a program that helps you get an apt sometimes with no deposit and it helps if you dont have the best credit too. But also they take your rent out in an allotment and I think they split it up between the 1st and 15th paycheck so thats nice as well. I know a lot of ppl here say its a great program. As far as nice apts I dont personally have any. There are a few fb pages for mil spouse in Hampton Roads. I live in Hampton myself. but you can search Spouse of Norfolk Naval Station and see if they have any suggestions. If he can get the house hunting leave I would highly suggest it! In this area especially there are some really shady areas and some really good areas. You dont want to overpay but you dont want to live somewhere just bc its cheap bc you will likely have problems here if you go that route. It would be best to come drive through at night and stuff when looking at place because people have their own ideas of nice and not nice apts.

[meagan5220]

Also, A lot of people that are stationed at Oceana also live down in Elizabeth City In North Carolina. So you might check that area out too :)

[beachmom76]

 

Whitney-Welcome to Virginia!  This is our fourth time living here; we like it so well, we decided to stay when hubby retired a few months ago.  There are quite a few rental options on that end of Virginia Beach, but I recommend you contact the Fleet and Family Support Center at Oceana to help you with details specific to that base.  The folks there are wonderful.  Their number is:

 

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Whether to do a self-move or let the Navy move you is an entirely personal decision.  I always chose to let the Navy move us because hubby was usually away during the move and I didn't want to do all of the packing/moving alone.  Some say a self-move is a way to make a little cash, but I never thought it was worth it.  Maybe I am just lazy! :-) Others may have more information about that option. 

 

Plan My Move is an online planning tool through Military OneSource: http://apps.militaryonesource.mil/MOS/f?p=PMM:ENTRY:0   It walks you through the process and even lets you create a calendar of what needs to be done, when.  I love have checklists! 

 

Don't worry that you will miss some important detail.  After completing 18 (yes, 18!) military moves, I learned that somehow , someway, everything gets done.  You will be fine.