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Marriage and Living off Base
Hello ladies!
I am engaged to a sailor who just got to Charleston about 2 weeks ago and is waiting for his class to be formed for A school. They told him Feb. 28th, but that date has since been taken away. Now he's just sitting around, waiting. Poor guy.
Anyway, I have heard many different things about the whole marriage process once school starts, and the Phases confuse me. Our plan was to get the justice of the peace marriage in April and then do the church ceremony is December after Christmas since he will most likely get time off (we can be flexible if not). I am going to be moving out the SC over the summer to be closer to him, but the thought was that if we got married in April then maybe he could live off base, or maybe I could live on with him. Is getting married via a court house a good idea to move the process along of us living together, or is it just better to wait till December?
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Permalink Reply by NancyJo (NNPTC) on
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Hi DissGirl, welcome. My son got married in SC by JP. If you have questions about his schedule, go to the discussion "Your sailor's schedule upon arrival to GC". It outlines time frames etc. Because all the waiting periods are variable between, BC, A School, Power School, Proto, exact dates can be frustrating. We still haven't had the marriage blessed in a church and he's been married two years. He lived in married base housing which is pretty nice.
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Permalink Reply by DissGirl on
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So was his wife able to move on base with him pretty soon after they got married? Obviously paperwork can take some time. And if I wasn't on his orders when he got to SC, does it matter for us to live together? Sorry, I'm full of q's :)
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I forgot to add that that discussion is in the Nuke Moms group. That group is awesome for information and questions. The moms (and girlfriends and dads and whoever) are all at different stages of the journey so you are sure to find people at the same point you are.
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Permalink Reply by SandraG on
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Congratulations! Have your sailor get signed up for the "marriage class". I don't know what it is officially called but my son told me they offer one. It will give him ALL the info you will need. His SLPO will know how to sign him up.
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As soon as he gets an SLPO I will tell him. Right now he is just waiting. :(
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Permalink Reply by joan on
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I didn't think you could live off base till after a school.it is really intense and they have no time.really hard.i could be wrong .it is a hard school.
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My son just started A school 2 weeks ago and is just starting to get information about getting married. They plan on being married in May, and to have his wife move there right after. We don't know if he will be able to live off base with her but we are keeping our fingers crossed! I will let you know if I hear anything! Congratulations to you both!
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yes, please do! And Joan, even if we had to wait to live together till after A school, that's ok. I just want to be close so I can at least see him on the weekends.
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Thanks! That was pretty much my thought, that it would give me some peace of mind. And I don't mind living on base at all. I just don't want to move and then be waiting for months for paperwork, hence not moving out till late June after a JoP in April. Not sure if I said that earlier :)
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Permalink Reply by NF Mom on
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The A-School and Power School rules are not identical for Married and un-married sailors.
I mention that because the phases do not work exactly the same for married and un-married enlisted sailors.
This is not necessarily a plus for married sailors.
Married enlisted sailors are expected to be more mature than unmarried enlisted sailors and are given more latitude to fail if they are not more mature.
If you had been married before he had entered the military, he would not need permission to marry.
But he does if he is now single enlisted in the military and wants to marry. The approval process is more, or less, automatic, but it still takes some time for putting in the formal request, some required briefings and training, and the like.
He needs to be pro-active and formally apply for permission to marry as the first step.
Married sailors were often given weekend liberties early in A-school to go move their wives from out-of-state to Goose Creek. At least they were back in 2011.
On base married housing was not in short supply in recent years, and with the military shrinking and base consolidations not taking place recently that may still be the case.
Since students have to come back to the campus to do all homework, married base housing ( PPV housing ) close to the campus is probably the best option. Most married students will have to come back to campus for homework many times a week.
Some wives that went through the same process as you are preparing to go through should be able to weigh in on this.
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Permalink Reply by NonnaB on
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My son was married during power school and lived with hs wife off base (in Hanahan). He discussed this with his SLPO and the process took about 6 weeks for approval and whatever paperwork that was needed. He was married on my parents' anniversary, although he did not know that at the time. But it's a lovely coincidence, as my parents were also married by a JP.
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