My fiance just went to BCT for the Army and he is has to fill out his wishlist very soon for what he wants. He wants to stay in the south, and therefore is planning on choosing Fort Stewart, Fort Benning, and Fort Gordon for his CONUS and Germany and Hawaii for his OCONUS. What are his chances of getting a CONUS at Fort Stewart?
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It will depend on his MOS, the need and availibiltiy for his MOS at the places he wants.  Most first termers get One year Unacompanied billets to places like Korea first, regardless.
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With a law degree, almost any branch would be jumping for you.  The big part would be to pass OCS (officer canidate school)  where they teach you to lead troops.  I've never gone, but it sounds like a tougher boot camp than the one I went to.  As long as you are physically and mentally able to hack it, I'm sure you'd be sent to the legal section.  Your recruiter would be able to confirm that with the contract he draws up for you.  You'll know all the legal jargon by then and can read for yourself exactly what you are being promised.  If it's not to your satisfaction, have him change it or look to a different branch of service until you find what you want.
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Hi there, as a former AF type of 8 years I think I can answer this pretty easily. We'll take the questions in order.\n\nBasic training length? With travelling, waiting for the class to arrive or the like, you can expect the time of going to the MEPS station and completing AF Basic to be approximately 2 months long.\n\nWill you be able to spend time with him after that? That all depends on you, him, and the training school he gets arranged to go to after Basic. You can go and see him graduate from Basic, and spend the day with him, but that would be about it for being in Texas. Typically, to assure a smooth transition, new airmen get travel orders directly from Basic to their tech school. This tech school can be another 2 months long if it's small, or as long as mine, of a year and change for cryptolinguist studies. You can figure on an average of 3-6 months for tech school though.\n\nSpending time apart? It happens. I was in the military for 8 years, and of that I spent about 3 and a half years of that overseas. Typically, unless you're deployed to a war zone like the Middle East is right now, an overseas deployment is no more than 1 year long in duration. Either way, the biggest thing that both you and he need to realize here is this... once he signs on the dotted line his life is leased out to Unka Sam.. he goes where they say, when they say it, and for how long they want him to be there. Maybe half that time it will be for stuff that you're not allowed to go, or that if you chose to go the finances for it would be strictly on the two of you. Speaking as someone that faced that, trust me, unless one of you has some excessive funds stored up already, trailing after him is a very tiring and expensive endeavor. I'm not saying it can't be done, it's just difficult for young people to accomplish according to the AF's rules.\n\nWould it be easier to be married before-hand? Yes and no. You would have legal right to be with him in locations that allow family members to be with their spouse. However as an E1-E2 airman, he would be at the bottom of the list for getting on-base housing. You can get a housing allowance to live off base, but depending on what state you're in, it rarely will cover what you need. When I lived off base in California I had to come up with about 55% of my housing costs out of my own pocket, which hurt the finances, a lot. So, if you truly wanted to be there with him and have legal right to get covered in the housing clause and such, getting married before-hand can allow for such. However...I don't know any personal background here.. but time has proven in the past that giving time for him to accustom himself to AF life first is best if you want him to get all that he can out of the career choice. You can't be with him during Basic. You can't be with him during tech school. Usually leave is granted after the tech school and he reports to his first duty station, and if the hunger and desire to be wed is even stronger then than it is now... that has been the best time for friends I have known to actually get married. So many that did the deed before they went into Basic came out from the schools... different... and so much time apart.. it was awkward.. and ended badly. Like I said though. I don't know your circumstances... but if it was me.. I'd wait.. it's the smarter route to go in today's tumultous times.\n\nWould he have to live on base? As a young airman? yes. He could only live off-base with special permission, or if there was NO available dorms on the base that he'll be stationed at. As a single airman, it takes 2+ years before you have enough time to get the permission. As a married couple you are placed on a shorter list if no on-base housing is available.. but still... it takes time. My friend in NJ had his wife living 35 minutes away in a crummy apartment for nearly 3 years before they could get the permission for him to be allowed to
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what unit are you n at the hump? my friend Bott is there too at 602. I used to be stationed at Stanley with him when 602 was there.
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I really dont know but maybe this website will help......\n\n\n\nwww.knox.army.mil
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I was on Camp Foster down the road from there Jan 2004-5.  Us Marines were jelous of the Air Force base.  They had better on base houseing.  (real houses, not the apartment towers) You didn't have to clear the table at the chow hall, you had a better PX or BX what ever the AF calls it.  Plus you had Chilis.  The only non-fast food American chain around.  Lucky.  It was nice.
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oh god if she were a terrorist, she would just google it like the rest of the people on here!\n\nAnyways the biggest and most likely to get stationed at are Camp Pendleton, Lejuine, and Okinawa.  Marines can also be stationed at Army or Navy bases depending on their MOS.  You can't beat the weather in southern CA though!  Oh, he could apply for embassy duty but sometimes they are unaccompanied which means you don't get to go.  There are other bases as well but like I said it really depends on you MOS.
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IF you ask 20 soldiers where their favorite duty station is you will probably get 20 diffrent answers. But if you are just trying to finish college, the answer is pretty much anywhere, there are education centers on most every installation with standard schools such as Central Texas, Oklahoma state and lots of online options, Best advice if you havent all ready signed up is to get your recruiter to take you to a installation somewhere and go talk to a counselor about the degree you want and see where those programs are offered. There are lots of rumors floating that the Army is going to a longer on station time something like 5 years or so, something about life cycle managment, currently I have not been stationed anywhere longer than 4 years. I gave some links that looked good in refrence to Army ed. programs. I did a evaluation on my military training and received over 50 credit hours, so that can help as well.
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I have 2 very dear friends who PCS'd there in April.  One chose housing at HAAF, and she loves it.  The other chose a home in Richmond Hills.  Both are very happy there and say there is always something going on, whether at the base or in Savannah.  Good luck\n\nGOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
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I am an army wife of 6 years and have moved with my husband on 2 different AIT's.  Once to Okalahoma, he deployed twice and now he re-classed to MI and we are in Arizona.  ANY AIT that is over 6 months is considered a PCS move and you and your family will be allowed to move there.  The army will move your household belongings.  You can also qualify for on-post housing.  Now if any is available is another question.  We just left Georgia after spending alomst 5 years there.  Please E-mail me and I will send you all the info you need including phone numbers and help you step-bystep.  It is a very hard confusing process, since your hubby is new to, he will not know all the in's and out's.  Hope to talk to you soon.  Barbara
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well my husband and i are one deployment hold and ive been told that if we werent we'd be 156 on the list. husband is stationed at fort drum deployed to afghanistan... it really all depends on your rank... email me at armywifes3lb@yahoo.com
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His recruiter should have something like that.  If not, any duty station he is at will have things like that for sale at the PX, have him pick you up one.
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i've been in the military 19 yrs, i was in 17yrs  b4 i ever went to war.\nremember by going to west point he is joining the army, and he will have to serve his time on active duty.\nbasketball is secondary.\nit all depends on what job he choses to do, if he choses a combat mos and what unit he is attached to.\nhe will probally be sent over seas, but not necesserally to iraq. \nit all depends on the job he chooses,just because he is in the army dosen't mean he will get killed. those are choices that he will have to make if he wants to put himself in harms way.\nyou will see when he comes out of west point he will be a different person, u will be proud of him not many get accepted to west point
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There are multiple graduations at Ft Benning every friday (Basic, Airborne, Ranger, Pathfinder, etc.)  Because of this, there's a mess of hotels around the base.  You might want to look into it and make a reservation for a room and a car.
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~Well, pilgrim, me and the Duke just discussed it and we agree the Marines want you.  No brains, likes to sweat, believes invading a sovereign nation without cause or justification is a patriotic thing to do and is somehow akin to defending the motherland.  You'll probably look good in a butch cut and will give the folks on the other side a worthwhile target to shoot at.  By all means, stay away from a "technical" branch that may require foreign concepts like thought and reason and get your butt to Paris Island and start pushing dirt as soon as you can.  Bill O'Reilly loves you.  Given your reasons for wanting to sign up, I'm sure you'll go far.  You could even be our next Bill Calley or Ollie North.
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Sounds great! I wish you luck. I was thinking on similar lines myself. You think these contractors would take in former non-US army personnel? Send me details if you come across any please.
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Dad was stationed there twice when I was a kid. The folks are retired outside of Columbus, GA now. There isn't a lot to do in the imediate area. But its a nice place to head to the beach from on the weekends. Atlanta is nice if you like big southern city life. If you have been there for schools then you know all about Victory Drive. Girl friend? Yep you really need to stay off VD drive. If you like fishing and outdoors stuff its not a bad place. If you or her are party animals..... go somewhere else. I grew up in the infantry, I can tell you that you don't want to go to Polk, Irwin or Drum. Best places were Italy, <---- best post oconus,  West Point, Fort Ord (when it was open) and Fort Sam Houston, TX <--- best post conus.