My fiance and i are expecing a baby and soon to be married.. he is in the army and about to be deployed as well.. i've been trying to get information about the financial aspects after we are married and with the baby to start planning but i cant seem to get a hold of the right people.. i'll be living in indiana when he's in iraq and the thing im trying to find out i guess to start planning on housing is how much they offer for off post housing and what exactly the procedures are for getting it all done.. any help would be greatly appreciated.. thanks a ton!
2007-09-23 21:13:46 · 7 answers · asked by Mande 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
just adding a little bit here.. we are getting married about a month before the baby's due and his deployment is about a week after she's due.. so it's all kinda jam packed in there.. which is the whole reason i'm trying to get some ideas of what i need to get done so i'll know ahead of time.. and yes NO ONE will tell me anything .. because a girlfriend is no one.. :( .. thanks for the help!!
2007-09-23 21:31:53 · update #1
Well Im not an army wife, but me and my husband are in the air force, so other than that i know what you are going through. Me and my husband didnt get married until I was 5 months pregnant. you need to make sure that you get the tricare and medical benifits straightened out, and also you will need to get a dependant ID card so that you will have acces the the PX and all that good stuff. Its really hard doing it while he is deployed so you will want to get it all done asap! Also go to the base housing office, they should be able to tell you what to do about off base housing, he should get some kind of housing allowance that should take care of it. Hope this helps, if you have any more questions feel free to e-mail me, i am deployed in Afghanistan right now, and work with a lot of ARMY guys, so if i dont know i will find out for you!
2007-09-23 22:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by soccerchic4u02 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, you need to get married before the baby. The military is funny about some of this stuff. The you are entitled to BAQ and Seperate rations. The amounts differ because of rank so you can go to the base finance office or personnel office and they can tell you. Without knowing his rank, no one here could answer specifically. I was an E-5 and mine was a little over $500 a month total but that was in 1985.
2007-09-23 21:24:15 · answer #2 · answered by baseballdad69 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok first of all until you are married you will not receive anything. You will get BAH for the place he is stationed at and what rank he is..we are stationed in Fort Drum,NY and get $1174.00 a month for housing but we live on post.Once you are married your husband will have to go to DEERS and housing with all the information, birth certificates, marriage license etc. If you are not living close to the post he is stationed at you will have to get tri care standard insurance and pay a co-pay for every dr visit, but once you move back to post you will be eligible for tricare prime.
2007-09-23 23:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't get any answer unless your a spouse and most of the things like that he will have to do. You should get married before he deploys in case something happens and you need to get ahold of him or whatever. Girlfriends or fiance's have no pull in the military. They aren't even recognized. Before he goes have him give you a power of attorney so that you can handle a lot of the things that you will need his signature for.
2007-09-23 21:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by Mark and Allie 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ask your husband to seek out the Human Resource or Personnel Resource department on base and get the information you seek and forms to fill out. These forms come w/ instructions--belive me.
Good luck to you both. My heart's support and prayers go out to your husband and all of our armed services heroes in Iraq. God bless America.
2007-09-23 21:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why don't you ask your husband? Before he goes off, he and also you can find all of this stuff out on post.
2007-09-23 21:19:30 · answer #6 · answered by Go GO Ressa 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Oh god no.Not a good choice.
2007-09-23 21:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by Syafeeqah Keita 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋