I need help!!! please...

[Gabby]

Hello everyone! Well I really need some help... My fiancé will be graduating from A school December 17th, Our wedding is going to be on the 28th of december while he is home for leave. His orders are to Everett Washington. We need to know how the move and all that is going to go. I figured that he will have to go up there by himself and i will have to meet him there after all the paper work is done. But what about moving his stuff/my stuff?? Anyone that can help me with this would be amazing!!

[abuon18]

Hi Gabby!

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!! How exciting :)

So for your move.... Your fiancé already has his hard copy orders, I'm assuming? This means that you will have to move yourself and your stuff on your own. He is eligible for a move of his stuff from his home of record that is on file but since you were not married before he received his orders, the Navy will not pay to get you or your stuff to Washington. There are some ways around it, maybe someone else will have more info. Like if you were already living together before he left for bootcamp/A school then his home of record is also your home & your stuff can get moved too without them really knowing. But I believe there are weight limits or something on how much he can have covered in his move, so it still may not cover everything anyway.

Good luck!

[Jenn_NicksWifey]

He should call the PPO (personal property office) at the command he's going to.  Also, he could (or you) contact the ombudsman for his new command.  She would have phone numbers of people/offices to call.  I highly, highly recommend getting the info straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.  Things change rapidly and individual circumstances are always nuanced so that no one here can give you specifics with any certainty on your situation.  The ombudsman is there to help with family stuff, give referrals to the offices you'd need to be in touch with, that sort of thing.  You can look up the ombudsman here:  Ombudsman Registry or by seeing if the command has a home page and there is often a link or contact info for the ombudsman there.  Some people might wonder what one of those is, basically, an ombudsman is a volunteer, often the spouse of a sailor or officer who helps the families and sailors with the Navy services available.  She (usually she, but sometimes he) has a point of contact within the higher ranking chain of command and is sort of a liaison between the command and the families.  Newsletters, updates on deployments, command activities, things going on on the base, etc.  

[Angie]

Keep in mind the Ombudsman can not give out any information unless the Sailor has added the person to the Ombudsmans list, so your Sailor has to talk to them and give you info.

[Melissa]

I got married while my husband was on leave after A school & I had to pay my move across country out of pocket. Good luck

[rikki_100113]

Read my post I did the exact same thing y'all are doing.

[meagan5220]

Typically you will be paying for your move OOP. I say typically because girls have gotten it paid for before but its not supposed to work that way. They will usually still pay to move his stuff as a single sailor. He can either go to the HHG or PPO office and ask them about setting up a move for a single sailor. For that you can have furniture and stuff sent to Everett and pack your clothes in the car and whatnot so the heavy stuff gets moved and then yall can deal with the clothes and stuff on your own. I would imagine his BAH will not be kicked in by the time he leaves for Everett, but if yall have enough money saved up you could move up there before the paperwork is finished and find somewhere to live. Also depending on what all you need as far as space and whatnot you can save a good deal of money living in Everett. We lived in a smaller one bedroom apt in Everett but we paid all of our bills with BAH... including our rent, electric, water, cable, cell phone, car insurance, and car payment. We literally saved $700-1000 a month because we lived in a cheaper place. And that was with not paying attention to what we were spending at all. And that was when he was an e1 lol.

 

I would say try to get all your paperwork taken care of in your home state during leave if you can. I mean like your ID, getting you in Tricare, he might even be able to add you to his page 2 at another mil base but I am not for sure how that works. Also, and POAs you may need. :) I moved with my sailor to Everett, but we didn't get a paid move, even though we only lived there for 6 months we would have probably done it close to the same if we had lived there longer.

[Angie]

A few things to keep in mind, one you will have to find a place to live in WA, you will have to figure out how to move your stuff (and his) to WA, you will be the one to drive (or fly )across country with out him, if you have two cars, you will either have to drive it yourself or you will have to pay to have it shipped.  Are you seeing a trend here, no matter what happens you will be the one to do everything.  

If you use the Navy's movers he is only allowed a certain amount of weight look >>> 

http://www.move.mil/documents/dod/Weight_Allowance_Table_JFTR_Vol1.pdf

IF you go over it costs A LOT of $$$.  If you do the move yourself, it is a lot of work to do it yourself where you pack up everything and drive it across country, and if you do it that way..what will happen to your car?  Will you alone be able to drive the truck and tow a car behind it?

Just some things to think about...  

http://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers.html

[Jenn_NicksWifey]

Those are all good points that Angie brought up.  When we moved, we did a DITY move (Do It Yourself, now called a PPM).  I found the cheapest way was to do a moving transport company.  We used ABF UPack.  They dropped off the trailer, we loaded it and they picked it up and dropped it off at our new address.  We were able to drive our vehicles ourselves.  The earlier you can schedule a move the cheaper it will be.  I recommend reading my blog on here called "My First Navy PCS". 

Also, Meagan brought up a good point about the POA.  Definitely!!  You will need it if you are arranging anything and try to get one that specifically allows you to lease property.  It will make it easier to rent an apartment if he can't get there to sign the papers.  He should be able to get you a form, DD22XX something, I don't remember the last two digits, but it will allow you to get your ID without him being present, it's a sponsorship form.  Just in case you can't get everything done on leave. 

[Anti M]

DD1172 is the form. He has to sign it!

The ID card itself is a DD1173.

[meagan5220]

Yeah I was told technically for a household goods move you have to have a specific POA to receive or sign off on the good if you aren't the active duty member... but Idk if that's true. they didn't ask me for one on either end. But I have been told that by a few people. so I got in just in case. I also got it so I could get some stuff taken care of around OKC before I left for Everett. He had to check in before I could leave due to finishing up a class. It also helped me because I had to fill out an application for renting an apt for us and they needed a copy of the POA for that as well.