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Married into the reserves
I am very green when it comes to anything military! My sister joined and has been trying to help where she can, but she is currently in Bahrain with a 6 hour time difference and we don't talk near as much as we want! My boyfriend joined and is currently in San Antonio for A-School. We have been together for about 6 years now, through the good and the bad and now we are talking about getting married! I'm just very unsure of how we go about all the paperwork. His recruiter told him he had to sign as a reservist but he wants to be active, I know that is a long process to go through! He may just have to wait until be reinlists, but I'm wondering as a reservist, am I able to relocate with him? He wants to go to Bahrain and it looks like I am able to go, but what is the red tape going to be!
Any and all advice is welcome!!
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Permalink Reply by Melissa on
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I have no info on reserves. But if your married before he gets orders somewhere yes they will pay for you to move with him. And Bahrain spouses and dependents can ONLY go if he gets orders for two years or longer. My husband is about to leave to Bahrain in a few months.
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Permalink Reply by SaltySailorIAmNot on
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Thank you, this is already more information then I was able to find anywhere! It's so hard to find exact information on anything!
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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I don't know much about reserves but not only will the orders have to be more then 2 years he will also have to be over E4 (I think it is) to take dependents overseas, married or not.
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Him being a reservist after all his schooling he will go home and drill one weekend a month and two weeks out of the summer. He is not active duty, so he will not relocate somewhere, nor will the military give him a place to live, they also don't give him free medical and dental (if he wants insurance he has to pay for those).
Regarding him going to Bahrain, he won't be going there as a duty station unless he lived there. He could end up being deployed, which families do not go on, to Bahrain...BUT only if he was called to active duty or if it was on his training for two weeks out of the summer.
Regarding him going active duty, sorry to say that won't be happening any time soon as he is a reservist and that is the contract he signed.
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When he signed his recruiter said no jobs were available as active duty but he would be able to easily make the transition after a-school, I'm seeing that our ideas of an "easy" transition differ greatly! Thank you so much for the information!
Does anyone know of places to go for family to get questions answers? I'm having a hard time because they don't want to give information up unless my sailor is there -
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