Dear Military Spouse

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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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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My fiancé 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, 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 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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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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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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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? In other words if I get married to someone in the military, can my lease be ...
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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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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 to San Antonio but I stayed in ...
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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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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 next September and I was wondering if there is a specific way I need to address the envelopes and if there is a certain way I ...
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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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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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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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