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Husband joined the Marine's
he leaves for bootcamp on April 11th, and I'm so worried because he's going to be missing out on our LO's development :[ He also found out his MOS training is in Pensacola, FL, and it's for 8 months :[ Here's my question...should LO and I move to Pensacola while he's doing his MOS? I mean, we think it's a good idea, and I know he'd only be able to come home on the weekends, but we live in Knoxville, TN right now and it's almost a 9 hour drive, and I don't want him to miss out on Emma walking, and getting her first tooth...all the big things! What do you ladies think??
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Re: Husband joined the Marine's
This is for all the caterpillars that never became butterflies. And for all the butterflies that never felt the wind in their wings. And for all the hearts that had hopes and dreams of a wondrous flight together.
I got 2 phone calls while my husband was at boot and the picture policy is still pretty much the same. Any picture I sent the DI's showed them around to everyone then gave them back to my H.
Well from what I know about MOS school and our friends who are instructors there is that your not suppose to move your family while your there. Reason being is that when he gets out of school he will get time off, and they will pay him to move himself and family to his Duty Station. If he moves you there while in school they will not pay him to move you and your child to where he is going to be. IDK just what I have heard. I know there was a guy at our friends school house who got into trouble for moving his family there while he was in school.
From what I know they will only pay to move you from where you are at now, and not from his school. Also while in school he lives in the Barracks or a squad bay.
I would honestly take this time he will be away to get use to it, because he will be in the field a lot if he's ground side, if he's air wing like mine then he won't go to the field. In 8 years my husband has never been to the field. Also you have training where he will be gone, and then there are deployments which means 6-7 months and if your lucky he won't get extended beyond that.
Your husband will miss a lot yes, but record these things so he can see them. My husband missed our daughters 1st everything, but I made videos and he loved them. My daughter didn't know who daddy was because he was gone her 1st year of life, it took her a while to warm up to him when he got home, but she's a daddies girl now. Its harder the older they get, because then they can realize that daddy is gone.
Good luck to you I hope this helps some. Its a hard life, but your are going to do just fine! Trust me when I say I don't know everything, I just told you what I know, and it could have been misunderstood by me. I hope you find the answer your looking for...
This.
My DH runs the Crucible on PI, he will probably be yelling at your husband in 3 months. Lol.
my hubby was in MOS school for nearly a year, and because of the length of it he was given accompanied orders and I was allowed to move out there with him. I'm not sure how long a school has to be to get those orders though. 8 months may not be long enough.
I think that in the long run, while it's hard, if he DOESN'T have accompanied orders, I would stay put. You would be all alone in FL, with only a MAYBE chance of seeing your hubby, and home will have the support of your friends and family and the comfort of your routine.
If it was me, I probably wouldn't move (especially cuz when you DO get orders the military will pay for the move) and save the money for lots of visits down there when he knows he has the time off, holidays and stuff. It sucks, but the first year, with boot camp, MCT, MOS, are the worst, and then it gets better. Hang in there!