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Dear Military Spouse

Dear Military Spouse: Does it Take 5-6 Months for the Military to place me in DEERS?

Dear Military Spouse by Bridget Carlson
Hello, I am 18 and currently in a relationship with my boyfriend who is in boot camp for the Army right now. However, after AIT we plan on getting married. All of this stuff is so new to me. One of his recruiters told him the DEERS paperwork process could ...
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Dear Military Spouse: How Long Does It Take For The Military to Recognize a Marriage?

Dear Military Spouse by Bridget Carlson
My daughter and her boyfriend, who is in the army, are planning to get engaged soon. They are under the impression that it could take up to 6 months after they are married for the military to recognize their marriage and before she could go live with him. Is this ...
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Dear Military Spouse: How Do I Get On My FiancƩs Orders?

Dear Military Spouse by Bridget Carlson
My fiancƩ is currently in AIT. He has recently received his orders to Hawaii. We understand that in order for me to be able to travel with him when he needs to report, that I would need to be on his orders. We plan on going down to the courthouse ...
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Dear Military Spouse: How do I get a house on base?

Dear Military Spouse by Bridget Carlson
Dear Military Spouse, I'm fairly new to this game and I don't really know how getting a house in the military works. We're getting married when he gets back from Marine boot camp, how soon will it be until we're able to get a house? Will we even get a ...
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How long do I have to wait to be added to DEERS after getting married?

Dear Military Spouse by Bridget Carlson
How long will it take to add me to DEERS after getting married? Dear Military Spouse, I wanted to know do my Fiance and I have to be married for any specific amount of time before he can submit me for DEERS? He will be re-enlisting and we plan to ...
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Military screwed up orders; now what?

Ask Bridget - Dear Military Spouse
My husband and I have been married over two years prior to military and he has been given a 3 year station, but I'm not on his orders! Our PCS was also messed up. We only got paid for the weight of the stuff in the truck and nothing else ...
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How long before we can move into housing?

Dear Military Spouse by Bridget Carlson
Hi Bridget! First I would like to thank you so much for having your Ask Bridget column. I enjoy reading it every week, even when you write about other stuff. Anyway, I just married a soldier; how long before we can move into housing? I feel like we have a ...
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Can I terminate my lease if I marry someone in the Military?

Ask Bridget - Dear Military Spouse
Q. I am currently engaged to a soldier. He is stationed in Texas and I live in our home state of Kentucky. Since we are getting married does this mean I can legally terminate my lease? InĀ other wordsĀ if I get married to someone in the military, can my lease be ...
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PCSing soon; what tips do you have?

Ask Bridget - Dear Military Spouse
Hi Bridget! I heard you were a PCS guru and we are getting ready to PCS late Spring. This will be our first PCS and we are having the military move us. What tips do you have? I’m starting to freak out. Well I’m not sure I would call myself ...
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Dear Military Spouse: Getting support for my children

Dear Military Spouse Bridget
Q. How do I go about getting support for my children from my spouse that is active duty? We are not divorced! So I've been a military spouse going on 5 years now yet we have been separated for almost a year. He recently received orders toĀ SanĀ AntonioĀ but I stayed in ...
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Husband is getting too close with other females

Ask Bridget - Dear Military Spouse
Q. My husband is getting too close with other females. More specifically my husband has a problem with getting too close to girls while he is away. He doesn't sleep with them, he just gets to the point where they fall head over heels for him. Then I always see ...
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Proper Military Wedding Etiquette | Dear Military Spouse

groom and bride
Q. Hey! so I love your blog (: I have a question for you. What is the proper military wedding etiquette? My fiance and I are getting married nextĀ SeptemberĀ and I was wondering if there is a specific way I needĀ toĀ address the envelopes and if there is a certain way I ...
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What benefits will I receive if my boyfriend and I get married?

groom and bride
Q. What benefits will I receive if I get married? So my boyfriend/fiance (I'm not really sure what to call him at the moment) purposed an idea to me tonight when he called. We were talking about him coming home for leave in December (he's currently stationed in Japan and ...
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Can’t leave area, will military allow husband to stay here?

Ask Bridget - Dear Military Spouse
Q. I can't leave area, will the military allow my husband to stay here? So I'm a new wife, and I'm also completely new to the military, wasn't even in ROTC in high school or anything like that, so I'm completely lost. So my husband is away, finishing his AIT ...
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How to introduce a newly married military couple || Dear Military Spouse

groom and bride
Q. I was just wondering if there is a proper way to introduce a newly married military couple to their wedding reception. For example, is it proper to say "Lance Corporal and Mrs. Price"? If you are going to use rank for enlisted (which is traditionally not done) you would ...
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