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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He's married, the Navy expects the spouse to travel concurrently with the sailor, in which case he would get a temporary dislocation allowance to keep his family in a hotel/Navy Lodge until they get housing or find an apartment (usually ten working days). No barracks for married sailors if they have accompanied orders, as those quarters are often full, and not free to voluntary geo-bachelors. Staying "at home" and collecting BAH is appealing to spouses during deployments, but it can really put the service member in a bind. Did your daughter remain behind? For newlyweds, it can be worse, she may not be on the orders, but he still is treated as married when he arrives at his new command. It can be a tough call.
You'll see the Army where the family collects BAH for the post but the spouse goes "back home" during deployment. The Navy has completely different rules, and it can be surprising and confusing.
He will be reimbursed for some of his travel lodging once he files the paperwork with his ship.
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Permalink Reply by dobimom on
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Anti-m. She can't go with him on deployment. He is stationed in Washington. But where is the book of info and rules? I'm tired of searching in the dark about all the different rules and regulations. Thanks for you information tho
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Sounds like he didn't talk to PSD about advance travel pay, then. If he is going to meet his ship and she is staying behind at his duty station, then being married would have no bearing on it. Because this forum usually get questions for new sailors going to first commands, I gave that info, sorry it didn't fit.
The travel instructions?
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/ccap/cc/jcchb/Files/FormsPubsRegs/Pubs/...
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Thank you for the information. I just wish is was a little easier to find some of this stuff out. And no he didn't talk to anyone. He needs to learn to speak up a little and ask more questions. He was just transferred to Washington two weeks prior so had not even gotten settled in and then went out to meet the ship. So it has been a complete tornado for both of them. My daughter live in Arizona where she is attending college so there is no navy base here to help her with this stuff. Thanks again for all your info and taking the time to get back to me. I really appreciate it
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It can be tough. The Navy has few provisions for spouses in school who do not move to the new duty station. The way things are set up, she would have been expected to move to the new duty station, the homeport of the ship. If she does not move there, he will have to berth on the ship once it returns. Geographic bachelor, or geo-bach, used to be simple, but the Navy no longer wants to pay to house those who choose to live apart, even though he will be deployed. There are limited circumstances where it applies now.
Also, new sailors often are hesitant to speak up. He should have had a sponsor, but with the ship deployed, there was no one in WA who could have been assigned to guide him. I am sorry he had such a negative experience.
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