Do I get to go with my husband to base?

Wow - some of the people answering your question are nuts! Do NOT listen to any of the negative advice that has been given to you in the above answers! Being an Army Wife is what YOU make of it - which means that it can be one of the most awesome experiences you will ever have! You will get to travel and live in locations that you might never have seen before. You will learn how to make friends in an instant and get a whole other family (besides your own) to help see you through the hard times. Army wives stick together and you will become a part of this true community of people. Yes, it's hard to get a job sometimes because of all the moves. But that doesn't mean that it's impossible! You will learn to think outside the box and make a life for yourself and your husband that others will never understand unless they too are in the military. The pay isn't going to make you rich, but it's a lot better than many other career fields! And if you budget yourselves carefully, you may not have to work. Instead, you can focus on doing volunteer work within or outside the community. There are also many job openings on Army posts and you can apply for those. They definitely understand the benefits of hiring military spouses!

Just to clear one thing up that another person said above: you do NOT live on post for free. You collect what is called BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) and if you live off-post, the money comes with your husband's paycheck. If you get on-post housing, the money still goes to your husband's check but it gets automatically withdrawn to pay for your military home.

As to your initial question, yes, you will most likely be able to go to your husband's first duty station. (In the Army, we call it a "post", not a base!) There are a few places (like an unaccompanied tour to Korea) where you would not be allowed to go, but for the most part, you will absolutely be accompanying him to his new post.

Good luck!

I would not plan on being with him until he reports to his first base. It might be overseas and no wives allowed. Let him get settled into Army life before following him.

Want more advise? Don't marry yet. You two are too young, Army pay is crappy, Army hours are crappy, wives don't see husbands but rarely and if you're dying sick and he's called to duty he has to go. As the new guy he'll be working nights waving cars through the front gate. It's no life for a young woman. I guarantee you'll be crying from loneliness within 6 months.

Wait until his first enlistment is up - 2 years right - and see what his plans and rank are. Meanwhile you go to college and get the education you'll sorely need so you can get a decent job and help with the income. After he gets out, or re-enlists, then is the time to marry.

If you insist on marrying him right now do not DO NOT have children for a year. After a year you won't have to ask me why.

You will have to accompany him, at some point, after he is officially a member of the military and you are wed, onto a military facility in order to get a dependent ID card. Once you have the ID card, you will be allowed to enter most bases at will for shopping, movies, activities and medical care. What ever his particular assignments and housing arrangements are will be made clear after he goes through boot camp. He'll have to qualify for an active ID card before you have any privileges or rights. The Army will make it clear to him when all of this can happen.

You should get ID cards and get you on medical, and to let the military know he is married now. You go to the closest military base. The military will not know that he is married when he gets done with basic and ait, so they wont have you on his orders to go to the next place. Once you show the military your marriage certificate then you are included. If he is stationed overseas, you have to see if dependents, thats you and your future kids, are able to go with him to that overseas place. If you can go, which would be later after he already went there, he will ask for housing for you all. If he goes to a state side place then you can go as soon as you want, he will have to show your marriage cert and then ask for housing if none is available, then the military will give a certain amount for his rent to him to get a place off base until an opening comes up for you to move on base for free. Number one thing to do as soon as you marry is to get you military ID card, you can get them at any military base, even if it is not Army. My husband was in the military police too. Good luck

Generally no family or relatives allowed during boot camp; afterwards and your married then you would move on to base where ever he got assigned remember not everyone makes it through boot camp. Just remember to keep your pants on for those long five months. Get a good vibrator and maybe some booze and just ride out the alone time until he finishes.

IF and that is Big IF, u smart - u don't.

he will b moving and working hard.

he does not need you as a distraction.

he will get a few nights off after # of

weeks in B.C. and maybe a weekend

a month off in Spec Training.

u if follow him, u will not find work.

u will find places to rent that u need to

break leases.

u will have to move your stuff at least

3 times.

u will have to change mailing address

and have late payments on lost bills.

u will be amongst strangers in a strange

land = stressful.

u have to occupy your time while he working.

u will have cash flow problems , he will barely

be able to help u with.

If u smart , u stay home with folks.

u work f/t and a part time job.

u get your car mechanically solid.

u do not buy a car on F(lease) or loans.

u save every penny u can.

u upper your job skills so u can get job

when u move to his station.

u get rid of all extra stuff for the move.

u learn to live in camping mode so u can

move easily.

u will get leases no longer than 6 months.

good knowledge is good luck.

yes... af wife 20 plus