my husband is deploying and we was told that the military won't pay for me to move back home so i can be close to family. is there any programs that can help me with my move?
2006-09-30 08:50:46 · 6 answers · asked by melissa h 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
no. It is not a sanctioned PCS move. all costs incurred will be yours with no reimbursement. additionally, if you are currently in base housing, you may not keep it if you leave for more than 30 days. you must vacate it completly and you would drop to the bottom of the list if you wanted to move back into housing when he returns.
Think VERY carefully before you do this. Moving away from base cannot only be expensive, but you would also be away from the support of fellow spouses and the bases's facilities. Many times, the information regarding a deployment and return may NOT be disseminated over the phone or email, only in person, so you may end up missing cruical information.
2006-09-30 10:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You may want to go to base services and see if they have any special programs, but more than likely not. They will house you where your husband is home-based. Moving home to the family is your choice, not the military.
2006-09-30 08:54:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you live in govt. quarters? If so...let them know that you'll be gone, so the MPs can watch your place...take what you need and leave... if you live off post, you'll have to move yourself...it would be different if he were PCSing to Korea or Kuwait or a w/o dependents tour...but w/deployment there is no way the Army could afford to move everyone home everytime their spouse is deployed...sorry...go to the following web site to learn more about military life...
2006-09-30 08:54:43 · answer #3 · answered by i_love_my_mp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay. My answer here is partly skewed by information pertaining to overseas situations, so may not apply to you. You will need to check with your housing office and/or command for specifics in your area.
We are currently stationed in Germany. The only way for me to move home and take all my stuff with me, is for my husband to fill out paperwork for an AROD or EROD (advanced return of dependants or expidited(?) but I'm not sure of the technical difference), in which case the government would move me, BUT I would permanently lose my command sponsorship (no with-dependants COLA, no space A flights, no housing rights, and I think no overseas military privilages) and my husband would be barracks bound when he returned from deployment. It would cut me off completely from this community and there is no way to reverse this here once it is done. There MIGHT be a similar process involved in stateside scenarios, I'm just not sure. The only time my husband left for more than training when we were stateside was for Korea, and they did pay to move me home since I couldn't go with him.
The happy news is that I not only think you're allowed at least 60 if not 90 days to be gone before losing your housing (not 30 as stated above), your housing office may have a policy in place special to the deployment that will allow you to be gone longer and still keep your quarters. Our housing office here implemented a policy for this deployment that does just that, let's you go home for the year but keep your housing if you fill out the appropriate paperwork with the housing office.
If you don't want to sever yourself from your post entirely and if there is no policy in effect for extended absences during a deployment, then no, the government will not pay to move you, whether you're in on-post housing or renting on the economy. You would have to clear housing and pay to move yourself, and I'm not sure what the policy is on returning once you've left. You probably wouldn't get on-post again depending on the waiting list-if you're even allowed, and if you vacate and then return I'm not sure if you can resume collecting BAH to pay for an apt. on your own.
I understand the desire to move back home while your husband is gone-trust me-but even a visit is better than nothing. If you stay by your post you will have better and quicker access to your military benefits, you wouldn't have to change your Tricare region and/or coverage, and you would be surrounded by people going through the same things as you are. If you really want to move home, check with your husband's command and your housing office for details, it does vary by community.
2006-10-02 08:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by desiderio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. the military will pay for you to move ON post or to PCS to another post. other than that you're on your own. i've been there many times.
2006-09-30 15:12:43 · answer #5 · answered by Ali 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They do **** all for you.. All they do is give you a title, a gun and a place to drink (Iraq) and then they spit on you. If you're lucky you get a memorial service...
2006-09-30 09:01:51 · answer #6 · answered by Margaret I 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋