in with him right then and there? he lives in the barracks right now, but once we're married we can start looking for housing right? if we have to wait a bit for housing could i move in with him in the barracks for a bit? or will i have to wait?
2007-06-26 07:09:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Welcome to the military life. Congrats on your pending nuptials. Once married your soldier will have to take the marriage license and such (Social Security Card, Birth Certificates) to DEERS and that will enroll you in Tricare(your medical) and all the other services. Then you will get your ID card. Your soldier can then go to housing and either get signed up for housing or to start BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing). Some bases have open housing and you move right in others have waiting list some as long as 18 months I've seen. BAH will appear, if no problems, on the next pay check so long as it is before the 20th of the month (usually). BAH will be prorated to your date of marriage. BAH is different on every base, you can check rates where you live on military pay websites. As for the barracks, absolutely not!! Barracks are for single soldiers only. You may want to stay where you are currently at as well depending on... how far away you are, waiting for housing time, to find a DECENT place to live off post, and how soon he will be deploying or possibly PCS (moving to a different post). Be sure to also contact his FRG (Family Readiness Group) they can help you and give you more information on military life at your particular area. Good luck and CONGRATS!!
2007-06-26 20:40:19 · answer #1 · answered by cynthia2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will not be able to live with him in the barracks. My husband & I got married at the justice of peace, and starting going through the process of paperwork. I think we had all the bases covered within the week. DEERS is a major one. That's where you get your military dependent card to get on and off post, go to PX, commissary, etc. I believe it also enrolls you in Tricare(Medical), United Concordia(Dental), after some calls or more paper. I'm sure there is some checklist to know what things need to be done once married. It's been a couple years ago for me. He was already in for a few years and knew how to take care of it. You can start looking for a place to stay anytime. He will still technically reside in barracks I think until paperwork good. Your housing allowance takes a while to get. If you chose to live on post, there may be a long waiting list depending where you are. Maybe a month, etc. The army later gives you 'back pay' which is housing allowance owed to you for previous month. Until then, it's out of pocket.
2007-06-26 16:08:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. first you cannot do anything until you get your marriage certificate back and he can enter you into DEERS. only then will you officially be recognized by the military.
you may NOT live in the barracks with him. He will be required to move out of the barracks once he is married but that doesn't necessarily mean he will get base housing.. the waiting list for lousing varies greatly from place to place. he will have to request BAH/With Dependents if you cannot get into Base housing right away. also, the military will NOT pay to move you and your belongings since he was already stationed there when he got married.
and all of this is moot if he is ion school.. because unless he is in school fro longer than six months, even if he is married, he wouldn't be able to live anywhere but the barracks.. and you can't live with him.
2007-06-26 08:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't move into the barracks. Most if not all barracks have a policy about opposite sex in the room. I'm navy married to navy and it's hard. First, you'll have to fill out lots of paperwork to get colocation with him. It doesn't matter if you're in the same city, he has to get approval from his command to sponsor you as his spouse. So after the paperwork gets approved, you can put in for housing. If housing is limited, you will end up on a waiting list until housing becomes available. You will either have to live out in town or on the base lodge. And every command he goes to after this one, if he's able to get colocation orders, the paperwork starts over.
2007-06-26 07:16:51 · answer #4 · answered by gyoza1216 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, once you are married you can start looking for housing, which the military provides for military spouses. You can get a house that is right near his base. You can't stay with him in the barracks--my fiancé is in the Marines and told me that he would get into serious trouble if I stayed in there with him--so the barracks are for military personnel only. So yeah, you would have to wait little while until you both have figured out the housing ordeal.
2007-06-26 07:16:35 · answer #5 · answered by Liz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot live in the barrack with him. Those are for the single soldiers.
You will have to wait for Housing to move on base. Or you could rent/buy your own house off base, but I do not think the military will help pay for that.
2007-06-26 07:52:34 · answer #6 · answered by Rawbert 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they would love you in the barracks. barracks NO. if your man not a Sgt or higher.you will have a hard time living around the army base housing unless you have money for food and all the other thing you will need. may be some other army wife's will give you an answer over this net.
2007-06-26 07:28:14 · answer #7 · answered by george 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, NO.
The barracks are for our young enlisted single soldiers. You may not move in.
The Army does however have base housing as well as a housing allowance. This gives you two options for living with your new husband and you may in fact start looking for that prior to getting married. You just won't be able to get the money or the base housing until you've actually completed the paperwork involved with marriage and the Army.
Thank you for supporting our soldier. You've just accepted the hardest job in the military!
2007-06-26 07:14:32 · answer #8 · answered by John T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the phone calls prior to his coming home, make it clear to him that you are not ready to be married and won't even consider it. If meeting him at the airport will cause you problems with your tests, then tell him that there is no way that you can meet him. Don't be wishy-washy about it, tell him directly. He will probably ask you if your education is more important than him, so have an accurate answer to this question. If the answer is yes, then say so. Don't lead him on and give him false hopes if that is truly how you feel. At your age, it's ok to put your education before marriage. You have stated many times in this posting that you are not ready for marriage. You need to make that clear to him. Don't let him push you into something your not ready for. Encourage him to attend the same school or a school near by you. He will need an education to get a good job as well.
2016-05-21 01:17:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not allowed to move in the dorms with him. I suggest you start looking at houses now. You can decide whether you want to live on base or off base there are incentives to both. Once you get married the housing office will provided you with choices of homes available on base. A house on base is good because you have the security of living in a place where it's secures 24/7 by military police. If you want to live off base the good thing is you will get money for rent depending on your husbands rank. If you find a cheap place then the rest of that money is your to keep!!
There are definitely more ups and downs to each but your housing office can help you and give you more answers! Good luck and congrat!
2007-06-26 07:15:45 · answer #10 · answered by Traviesa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋