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Military - Enlisting...but engaged?

I'm enlisting in the Air Force and am supposed to leave in a few months but my boyfriend has proposed. I have a college degree (not choosing the officer route) and he has a stable job that pays well and travels constantly overseas. He asked me if there is any way I can get out of my DEP contract. We have to be married for me to move overseas with him and I would definitely prefer it than a 6yr contract of completely being separated. Can I legally separate from the military?

Update:

ive heard it's possible but they try to say it isn't? my father recently had a heart attack so we've turned into full fledge family mode. my family also lives overseas so the idea of being separated for so long has changed when i was not thinking of marriage and everyone was healthy.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Yes and the government has always had the duty to stop an attack in progress but they do not have the right to take out a "suspected" terrorist not engaged in an attack if they are a US citizen. They should be arrested, not taken out by a drone. They have the right to a trial.

  • 9 years ago

    Are you asking if you HAVE to go to basic training? No. You don't. You do not belong to the military until you board the plane/bus and arrive at your base to basic training.

    That's what I was told when leaving to the Army.

    Source(s): Army vet.
  • Joe
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    As far as i remember, when i joined my recruiters told me nothins final until i got on the bus to paris island and i could change my mind.

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