Can a person join the USCG or any military being a single parent??? If no, then why? What happens if you join as married, then divorce. Can you get custody of the children?
2007-09-23 15:56:15 · 5 answers · asked by doeseverythinghappenforareason 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
and if the answer is no, can you give up custody of your kid just to join the USCG
2007-09-23 15:59:59 · update #1
6. Dependency Status
a. Title 10 U.S.C. (reference (a)) does not
specifically address eligibility requirements for Single parents.
b. The Military Services may not enlist married
individuals with more than two dependents under the age of 18 or
unmarried individuals with custody of any dependents under the age
of 18. However, the Secretary of the Military Department
concerned may grant a waiver, for particularly promising entrants.
2007-09-24 03:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Infantry Wife ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Single parents may NOT enlist into ANY Active Component of the US military. You may NOT give up custody for the sole purpose of enlisting, and you may NOT get custody back at all during the initial term of enlistment..anywhere from 4-6 years. The Marines, in fact, make you wait 12 months after giving up custody before allowing you to enlist.
the Reserves and Guards will take you on a case by case basis with a Family Care plan. If you become a single parent while serving, again, the Family Care plan must be initiated, and you get no special consideration other than priority access to on base day care. Custody is determined by the State's court system. the military has nothing to do with it.
2007-09-24 08:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't want to speak from the CG point, but in the Navy, you can't join active duty as a single parent, and if I remember correctly, you can't join the CG either, but I am sure a CG recruiter could give you the answer. The reason that you can't join the navy as a single parent is because if you are attached to a deploying unit, and don't have someone to take care of your children, then you are pretty much putting yourself and the military in a hard spot. Clear it through the CG though. Once you get in the military as for the Navy goes, it doesn't matter, just the joining part is a pain in the rear
2007-09-23 23:10:17 · answer #3 · answered by scm3582 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, you can join the military as a single parent. If custody is an issue, however, please be aware that very, very few judges are going to award sole or joint custody to someone who, by the very nature of their job, is gone a lot. The obvious exception is if the other parent is simply unfit to be a parent (as the courts see it, not as you see it). I know plenty of single parents in the military, but the only ones I know who have sole custody have already separated from the service.
If this is a concern, I strongly recommend you talk to a lawyer first -- keep in mind that your initial term of enlistment is going to be 8 years. Not all of that has to be active duty, but with today's military stretched so thin, chances are that you'll get called up as a reservist.
2007-09-23 23:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by Chris D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your family life is yours. So long as it does not interfear with your duty they do not care.
2007-09-23 23:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by Coasty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋