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Any tips on getting married?
Boyfriend and I plan on living together and marrying ASAP.
He is in bootcamp right now, we didn't get married so his ship date would'nt be set back. Will it be harder to get married? Should we marry in A-school or after he is based?
Can I live with him while he is in A School if we arent married, maybe an apartment? (Going to pensacola)
What are some things I need to know about this whole process? I'm lost!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He cannot live off base during A school if he is single. He can have weekend overnights once he reaches phase three of liberty, which can take a couple months. Living together does not happen for unmarried student sailors.
He will fly out of Great Lakes on Saturday morning after PIR, so no time to marry that weekend. You can go down to P-cola and marry, he does have to submit a special request chit, but that is mostly a formality. In order to be included in his PCS orders (permanent change of station), you need to be married and in his record about four weeks before he graduates from A school (sooner is better).
Google Escambria County marriage licenses to see what you need to do to marry there.
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Permalink Reply by EmilyNicole98 on
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Everything Anti M said!
Even if you were already married, you would only be allowed to go to A school with him if his school was longer than 6 months. They have very strict rules when it comes to the schools (but don't worry, they loosen way up once he gets stationed!). Unless his school is longer than a few months, it would probably be best to wait to move in together until he gets stationed. However, getting married before he receives orders during A school would be to your benefit. Otherwise you'll run into some problems when trying to move with him. They won't pay to move *you*, for example. We ended up paying for our own move because I wasn't on his orders and it was just a mess. Trying to deal with the move was such a headache that we just gave up and ate the cost.
You also should prepare yourself for him being gone immediately after A school (although he should get two weeks of leave before going to a base). My husband received orders for a ship that was already deployed and was given a plane ticket that sent him overseas immediately after that leave period to meet the ship. He was gone for another 6+ months. This is fairly common, so know that it is a possibility.
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