white02ws6

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So my wife joined the air force and i'm in the army. she leaves for basic about the time i get back from my deployment (long story, basically i'm an idiot). okay, so does anybody know the policy for married personel in different branches? will they try to put us close together or do i have to try to get orders on my own? Any help would be apprecieated.

blackws69

this just happened to one of my Marines his wife is in the Navy and she got orders to CA, so now he's trying to get orders out there. maybe your command will hook you up and get you close to where she willbe stationed.

white02ws6

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thats what i'm hoping for. i also had the idea of trying to be a recruiter and working near where she is stationed. i dont know.

and that is probably the funniest sig i have ever seen. i love it.

dimedsbc

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they will try to get you or her orders as close as possible... aka joint spouse

white02ws6

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thanks, thats what i'm hoping. i know if we were both in the army it would be easy. i just dont know the air forces policy. i'm definatly going to ask my unit, but they usually dont have many answers. lol.

crazylane

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May I ask, why did she decide to join? And why did you say you know your an idiot??

The Manalishi

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You both file for joint domicile. Just like married Army couples. A friend of mine is in the Army and his wife is in the Air Force and they have only been stationed apart once.

white02ws6

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well basically im an idiot because i didnt realize what i had until i lost it. we were having small problems and instead of talking and working them out, i walked away. i realized i screwed up bad, but now we are working it out. luckily our divorce paperwork never got signed by a judge, but while we were seperated she decided to join the air force to do something with herself. now she is getting ready to start her training.

crazylane

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Ahhh I see man..

You didn't have to put all that up there. You should have just told me to shut the **** up. lol.

I know how you feel right now. Kinda going through the same thing.. But kids are involved..

white02ws6

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hey, i'm not ashamed to admit i made a mistake. who knows, maybe my situation could help somebody. it is worse to have kids involved, and i do personally know about that too. its not easy to stay in a relationship and make marriages work in the military.

definatly have to look into joint domicile. thanks.

CavPat

Turn in a DA4187 for "joint domicile", and a copy of your marriage certificate. I would turn one into your unit, and also send copies to your branch manager, and explain him/her your situation. Your branch manager will also need your spouses info (full name, SSN, MOS/AFSC, etc.) Tell your wife to contact her "functional" manager also with the same information. As long as they can, they will work to get you two together. I'm Army, and my wife is Air Force, and so far the only time we've been separated was for a couple TDY's here and there.

TXZ28LS1

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the air force will definitely try and put you guys near each other for sure. hope everything works out!

dimedsbc

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oh ya, if it does not work out to soon it could be a while... i am just leavin next week to be with my wife after waiting for a year

white02ws6

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well, ive been gone for over 9 months already, it sucks being seperated that long, but at least if we were both in the states we could see each other on holidays and some weekends. thanks for all the info guys. enjoy your time with her.