My husband is in the army and i is deployed, how do i go about living on the base he is stationed at?

Question

I am in Arizona. I need to know details on how to start paper work and procedures on living in Fort Richardson, Alaska where my husband is stationed when he returns from Iraq.

Answer 1

As long as you have all the paperwork (ie orders, POA) and you are already in DEERS, all you should have to do is contact the housing office at Fort Richardson and see what housing is available and get on the list. You can also contact his rear d there to help you:) That is only if that is his permanent duty station now (the unit he is deployed with now is from there). If he is to be stationed there after he returns you can't get housing till that is his permanent duty station because PCS's do change.

Answer 2

Your going to need a marriage license and your name should be seen in the DEERS system. You should make sure that you are the primary next of kin. This should have been done by your soldier husband after you got married. Do you have an ID Card. Check with your husdband's command so that you can be command sponsored or call the Brigade Headquarters at Fort Richardson.

Answer 3

if his orders to Alaska are accompanied, you will need a POA. you will contact the housing office at Ft Richardson to fill out the paperwork. some housing offices require that he already be checked in before you can get on the housing waiting list, others do not. Additionally, many OCONUS locations require housing to be available before they will allow you to move there

where you will be on the list depends on your bedroom entitlement, his paygrade, and the number of units available.

If he current;ly is NOT stationed in Alaska, you can do nothing until he returns from Iraq and checks in to Ft Richardson, as orders can and do change.

Answer 4

If you have a Power of Attorney and a copy of his orders, you should be able to manage ably.

Your first priority needs to be a Dependant ID if you do not already have one. This can be attained by going to the Pass & ID center. They will assist you in enrolling in DEERS.

DEERS is Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System and will hold all your pertinent information for all your family members and dependents. You must be enrolled in DEERS to be TriCARE eligible.

For DEERS, you will need your birth certificate, marriage license, and social security card. Similar documents must be provided for anyone else being enrolled.

Once you are enrolled, you will be processed using a thumb print and a pin code for your ID. Even with your husband's orders and your POA you may receive some feedback about not being able to self enroll in DEERS. If this occurrs, contact your husband's stay behind element. This is the part of his command that is there to take care of issues that come up in CONUS [Continental US].

After you have your ID and your DEERs enrollment, make sure you are properly enrolled in Tricare. This may be all in the same place if they have a Joint Reception Center. If not, you can find the TriCare office at the Medical Center on base. Car tags and such will be near Pass and ID as well.

Once this is arranged, go to the Central Housing office. You must make sure you are at the Central location as each housing area has it's own subheadquarters.

You will present your ID, your husband's orders, and be given paperwork to fill out. Housing eligibility will be determined based on your husband's grade and family size. Most new married couples are eligible for a small two-bedroom apartment size home.

They will give you the option to live off base and receive BAH [Basic Allowance for Housing]. However this means that you will pay rent out of pocket, and then be reimbursed by the government up to a certain amount. Since you are attempting to live on base, you need to decline anything that does not specifically mention Base Housing. This will get you on a waiting list.

Housing is first come first serve. Unless you are in a high pay grade. You will have to move yourself if you are already receiving BAH for the place you already reside. However, once in Base Housing, you should be eligible for TMO to your next base.

Answer 5

First, unless he has signed a power of attorney for you to do these things, you are in a tight spot. Military dependents can not, without that piece of paper, apply for base housing, arrange for military sponsered moves and , if you are only recently married, enroll in DEERS or get an ID. Only the military member has the ability to make these arrangements and, if they deploy, must have a legally drawn up and signed power of attorney giving you the power to do it in their place. If you do not have one of these, you will need to contact your husband and have him do one while deployed.

If you do have his power of attorney, contact the family support center of the base you will be moving to (or if you are living on post now, the family support center there). They will tell you exactly who to contact and how to go about doing things like applying for base housing (if that is what you plan to do), arrange a pack out and set up the timing. Keep in mind, you more than likely will not be able to move onto the base much more than a month before he arrives home. And, unless the base has a lot of available housing or he qualifies for immediate housing because of the deployment, you may want to do some research on the off base housing options as you may end up having to move off base.

Good luck on your move and wishing your husband a safe deployment and even safer return!

Answer 6

Hey! I'm at Fort Richardson now! Small world....
I'd definitely call the Family Assistance Center. Their toll-free number is 1-800-984-1517. You are going to need to get command sponsorship. But hopefully someone there will be able to explain the whole thing to you-definitely better than I can. Haha! Good luck!

If you have any questions about Anchorage, or things on post....or anything else, don't hesitate to email me. I'll be happy to help!

Answer 7

I feel your pain and frustration in dealing with a deployment. My husband just left, but to answer your question here's a few things you can do.

1. If you have P.O.A. (power of attorney) that can allow you to sign for housing at Fort Richardson.

2. A copy of his orders to his unit at Fort Richardson, as well as his deployment orders.

3. A copy of your marriage license and birth certificates of all children in the household.

4. If you don't already, make sure to get a military identification card. If you can, go to Fort Huachuca and see if they will issue you one.

I am not sure if you will have to move your household goods or if transportation can come move your furniture and stuff up there. Look up Fort Richardson on google and you can go to their websit to find contact information for transporting goods.

I wish you luck and hope your husband is safe out there. I hope this information helped.

Answer 8

Contact the Base. Did they not give you a volunteer wife to email? My husband is deployed and they issued me a key volunteer wife and she helps me out with everything! Anyways you will need Power of Attorney in order to get on base housing. Usually your husband has to fill out the paperwork, but if you have POA you are able to do it. I'm not sure how different the Army is from the Marine Corps (in this area) but we had to have a NCO sign a document as well. But if you have a fax machine and a few telephone numbers you can get the job done...I have my on base house set for a month before he goes home so I will have everything situated for him to come home to a home....

Answer 9

Call the Army Community Service office at Ft Richardson (907-384-1517) and ask their advice.

Answer 10

you will be on station a minimum of 365 days earlier you may desktops, without a waiver from the Secretary of the appropriate branch of service. that would not prepare to deployments, basically PCSs. Air tension coverage is which you will no longer installation previous to 40 5 days on station to permit the member time to inprocess, come across housing etc. in spite of the undeniable fact that, that too is waiverable.