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A school & FMF
Hello everyone, so i am a rookie in this military lifestyle and recently married to a navy man. I am a little confused with how everything is going to turn out and would love for some advice and help. My husband is currently in A school and just was notified his temp orders since they will not be official and set in stone until closer to graduation in May. He told me that he will be doing the fleet Marine Corps and that he will be stationed in 29palms California. However, i wanted to know if while he was in the Marine bootcamp for 8 week if i would be able to move where he is and if the military will cover the expenses. Also if it is even worth moving so soon and if i should just wait until after he completes FMF because he may be stationed else where? I only ask because i need to start looking into other jobs so i can transfer from my current job to another facility. Please help a sista out anyone with any information thank you :)
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Permalink Reply by TexasDocMom on
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Tiffany, first of all, I would suggest posting on the main page, rather than starting a discussion, you will probably get more response. Second, I suggest taking a look at the info posted on this page as well as the Corpsman Moms pages, there are a couple of them including this one: http://navyformoms.com/group/corpsmenmoms There on the main page you will find very informative links about the different training and qualifications for Corpsmen. When a Corpsman trains to possibly serve "green side" with the Marines, that training is called FTMB. When a Corpsman receives that training, then is assigned to the Marines and goes into a combat area, at that point the Corpsman is eligible (per his CO's recommendation) to earn his/her FMF Qualification.
I would suggest that you stay where you are until your husband is finished with FMTB and any other training he is assigned. When they are training, they have to be very, very focused, it is not a 9-5 job, I"m sure there are others with more advice and suggestions, but the final thing I would say is that for the first couple of years, you cannot count on anything from Ma Navy. She's in charge. And no moving expenses are covered until a sailor reaches a certain rank.
Good luck! Navy mom and Navy brat here, raised in a Navy town!
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Permalink Reply by sockmonkey on
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Hi Tiffany. My son is also a corpsman in the Navy. He went from A school in San Antonio to Camp Lejeune for FMTB training with the marines. He did not class up for FMTB right away and first worked at the BAS before he went to training. After training he was attached to a Battalion at Camp Lejeune. When your husband gets his orders - it should tell him how long he will be at the duty station. My son is at Camp Lejeune until August 2016. I would think they would pay to move you there. You won't be able to see him during the FMTB training - but before and after you should. We drove down to see my son often before and after training. I am sure there are others that can answer questions also.
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Tiffany, our son is an FMF corpsman and his original orders also had him stationed at 29 Palms. Then at the very last minute they changed his orders to "C" School and finally to Camp LeJeune. I would wait for your husband to have his final orders before making any major decisions.
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Dear froggy, so your son had his orders changed a couple of weeks before his A school graduation right? I am hoping that they change my husband to C school because it'll be so much easier for both of us to move. I hate having to wait because I can't confirm anything with my current job :/
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Dear sockmonkey, how long did it take your son to go to training after A school? Like a month or so after?
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Tiffany. My son graduated from A school in March and he started FMTB training on Memorial Day so it was more than a month. He didn't get leave right away - but we went to visit him. Not sure if 29 Palms is the same or not. I agree with Froggy - the military changes things on a whim - there is never a set date - until maybe the day of departure. We have learned to go with the flow.
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Oh wow I thought if it took that long that they would be able to come home in the meantime but I've read that while they wait to go to the fleet that they give them some job to do near by :/ I just don't want to give my job a week notice of leaving but if that's the case then I might just have to quit the job. And yes a lot of people are telling me to just go with the flow which is a new transisition for me now. I just hope that they change his orders last minute because the desert looks scary to me :(
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Tiffany. He didn't come home - he had to be on base - but he worked at the BAS. My son went for a month of training at 29 Palms and it wasn't very nice. He got some nice sunset pictures - but there is not much to the base. Also the cell phone reception was horrible! I like that my son is a Camp Lejeune because we live in Virginia and he is only a couple hours away - although right now he is in Japan for 6 months.
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I looked up 29palms and it scares me and imagine having to live there for 2years!!! I'm just going to hope for the best and pray that he has C school and we go to San diego. Thank you for your help :)
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There is probably a group on N4M for 29 Palms, search it out and talk to those folks. My son came out of A School, went to Lajuene to wait for FMTB for "possibly a month" as ordered, and the next day was pulled from his job and put in FMTB immediately. There were about a dozen other new corpsmen pulled with him. They did their FMTB, and immediately were assigned to Marine battalions who had lost corpsmen. My son served with 2/2 for about 5 years with 2 deployments, then with Second Battalion ( where he did a very brief stint at 29 Palms) then on to San Antonio to become an instructor at Camp Bullis. With the war zones closing down, hopefully, it's a different world, but as my mom used to say "It's Ma Navy and we dance to her tune". Good luck! you're in for a ride!
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Texasdocmom thank you so much for your advice I am going to look them up. And wow the next day they took your son is crazy the navy is really unpredictable lol I'm going to wish for the best!
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Tiffany, my son's orders weren't final until just a few days before graduation. Why they changed three times we'll never know. But he was much happier going off to Camp LeJeune than he would have been if he had to stay for "C" school. He has friends who are married and live with their families and he has friends who are married and their families are back "home". Search the various sites here and reach out to the 29 Palms people. They can best explain how things work out there and the various scenarios you and your husband might face should you end up out there. If he gets deployed you're going to want to make sure surroundings are enough to keep you busy and sane while he's away. Good Luck!
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