Also will she be allowed to have the child live with her?
2007-12-24 04:36:57 · 8 answers · asked by jimmel55 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Single mothers cannot enlist in the Navy. You would have to give guardianship to someone else.
2007-12-24 04:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by trrei 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You can only join if you give physical (not legal) custody to someone else for the entire period of your first contract. You will also have to sign something saying that you will not try to get custody back during your enlistment.
After the first enlistment, you can get your child back - and they can live with you - but you'll have to have a family care plan (i.e., who will take care of the child when you're training, deployed, or any other military-related exercise). At that point, you would get BAH effective on the date that your child was command sponsored (meaning the military recognized them as the child that you have custody of).
None of the branches are any different on this issue - the numnuts above has no idea what he's talking about.
2007-12-24 05:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by Ahhtchoo 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO and NO. You will need to give up full legal and physical custody of your child prior to enlisting and will not be allowed to regain legal and physical custody until you are done with your first enlistment. You will have to give her to a responsible family member who can afford the cost and time to raise her while you are on active duty. Without that you will not be able to enlist in the Navy. You will not have the time nor money to raise a child by yourself. If you work things out you may be able to have a family member move with you and take care of your child so you don't miss out on her growing up, but other than that the Navy already know's your idea does not work in the real Navy. Sorry, but talk to a recruiter and see what options you may have. In a majority of the cases the military is your best choice for changing the path or your life and your childs life.
2007-12-24 08:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
All branches of serrvice require single parents and duel military families to sign a Family care plan. This plan outlines who will take custudy of your child for short periods (30 days or less) and for deployments. The family care plan will have to be complete prior to enlisting and shipping out. she will be elligible for BAH and they do their best to get that paperwork taken care of in the first week of bootcamp, could take a couple monthes before it kicks in but you will get back payed for any missed BAH. As long as you are in a billet stateside you will be allowed to have your dependant's with you when not deployed or in training. If you are overseas you need to be an E-4 or higher before you would be elligible for accompanied duty. The family care plan is still required though. Generally when overseas the short term is someone local, and the long term is someone stateside. Good luck.
2007-12-24 06:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by cutiessailor 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is a big if, the USAF doesn't take single parents and I don't believe the USN does either.
You can become a single parent once you are in, but we don't take accessions in that category.
Ret. USAF SNCO, Former Recruiter
2007-12-24 06:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Navy,Air Force,and Marines,do not allow single mothers,to join there respectable organization. Try the Army they'll let anybody in their organization.
2007-12-24 04:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by TEC 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
a single parent cannot enlist in any AD branch of the military.
they may not get custody back at all during their first term of enlistment.
2007-12-24 06:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
YOU will need a family care plan, YOU need to designate a guardian for your child while you are still in training,then a permanent guardian in case you deploy!
Yes,your child can live with you at your first assignment, provided you don't go to Iraq first!
whomever gave me a thumbs down - beso mi culo!
2007-12-24 05:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I want to know what a bah is !
2007-12-24 07:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by AMBER D 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋