My husband's n the army he's stationd n Washington State & going to Germany, What's it like at both places?
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I was stationed at fort Lewis in Washington. Its a nice place it rains a lot but the summers are awesome. you will like it there go with him. If your love your husband stay with him through thick and thin. plus you have a daughter so I'm sure he wants to be with her and you. My mother in law hates me too don't sweat it live your lives they will come around. If he is a good man stand by him. I wish you luck and congrats on your daughter god bless all three of you.
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I'm German and have been married to a US soldier for 17 yrs. So my German is as good as my English.\nilovemyarmyguy89@yahoo.com
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As you know, I've also answered your question about Ramstein; so I'll give you more details for both here -- rather than writing out the same answer twice.\n\nBottom Line TRUTH: "What you get out of an overseas assignment is a direct measure of what you put into it -- period!"\n\nThere are a lot of people who sit around base all day long, and never do anything or go anywhere. If you ask them how they liked their assignment they'll tell you it was terrible because "There's nothing to do." But if you put in nothing, you get nothing -- it's that simple. Now, if you're willing to get out -- there's tons of things to do.\n\nSpangdahlem is almost right on the border with Belgium. There are all sorts of places you can go for a day trip. You can go to Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris. All of these are a few hours away.\nThe city of Trier, nearby Spang, is the oldest city in Germany, and has old Roman ruins, and great shopping. \n\nEvery base offers language courses to help you integrate. If you're willing to extend the effort, you can learn the language, and do even more. Also, Both Ramstein and Spang offer university courses with the University of Maryland where you can get your education through a Master's Degree.\n\nYou can go skiing in the Alps, and visit King Ludwig's castles (AWESOME). You can take tours offered by the base and visit anyplace in europe you want to go: Italy? England? Spain? You name it, there are tours.\n\nAlso, there's a company called "Ryanair" that flies out of a nearby commercial airport that offers super-cheap airfares (say -- twenty dollars -- round trip) to London, and to many other locales in Europe. Take advantage of it.\n\nBoth Ramstein and Spang have very active Officers' and Enlisted Spouce's organizations. If you want to be involved with base activities and meet new friends, you'll have all the opportunities you want.\n\nYou can travel, you can sightsee, you can shop, you can take classes, you can be involved with the community. You can be as involved and active as you wish. That's what I mean when I say, that what you get out of the experience is exactly what you put into it.\n\nAny questions??\n\n==============================================\n\nSpangdahlem is in the Eifel Region of Germany. It's a very little town and a very big base. The closest towns nearby are Bitburg and Trier (the oldest city in Germany). Spang has a fairly high ops tempo, and it's a busy place to be. If you can make your question more specific, I'd be happy to give more details.
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if he's in boot camp he's at mcrd witch is in san diego. he'll be there for 3 month training. he will not go to pendelton until his third phase of boot camp. ooops maybe the second for the rifle range. after that it will be humping{hiking} up and down the hills of pendelton and going to live fire rangers where they are trained on weapons. i myself went to Parris Island for training but i was stationed in pendelton and used to watch the recruits train. if he is through with boot camp and is at pendelton for school it all depends on what school he is there for. if it is infantry training he'll be doing a lot of running and weapons training...
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My husband, who is in the Army Reserves, is stationed at Fort Dix, NJ.
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Additionally..access to base facilities like the gym, access to Child care(either an in home provider or the base day care centers), docounted tickets at ITT/MWR for places liek Disney and Sea World.\n\nAccompanied orders will be funded, including moving all of your household goods.  \n\nAccess to Hotels and resorts across the globe at significantly reduced rates.  Shades of Green at WDW in Orlando, The New Sanno in Tokyo, the Hale Koa in Honolulu to name but a few.  \n\nThere are also seminars and workshops offered through the Fleet and Family Support Center for things like help with resumes, job placement, even crafts and socializing.  I HIGHLY recommend that you take the Spouse 101 Class as soon as you can.  It's a great intro to Navy Life and can help explain the weirdness that is the military lifestyle.
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first of all congratulations to you and your husband to your new job. i'm german, my husband is american, though i know both ways of living. in general germany isn't too different to the usa. especially around the bases the people are used to americans and speak english. you won't find a problem, if you don't speak german, so don't worry about this. the voltage regulator was already mentioned, we have 220 V instead of 110 V. if you intent to bring your own electronics, vacuum, kitchen things etc. just get one regulator for each room.\nsupermarkets, stores etc. are about the same like in the usa, maybe you find it a bit expensive though, but that's all. but on base you can shop at the commisary and they are cheap and have a good variety.\nyou will find lots of pubs in germany. don't hesitate to go out in the evening with your husband and mix with germans on the bar, the people are open, you will find friends.\nsomething popular in germany is to sit in street cafe's in pedestrian zones, i havn't found that much in usa. it's nice in the sunny summermonthes to sit and enjoy a coffee or a beer. speaking about beer, germans drink beer even during the day, even in the lunchbreak from work. you will find that astonishing. the weather is a bit to compare like maybe washington/oregon area. \ngermany is very clean, we hate if people throw trash on the streets.\nif you decide to bring a pet go to your vet in time. germany has strickt regulations like microchip and all this.\nyour kids will find special english speaking schools.\ntraffic is very regulated. just be careful on the 'autobahn', we have no speed limit and look careful before you go in the left lane, there might be a car coming with super high speed. don't drink and drive, penalties are hiiiiiiiiigh!!\nif you live this 'low carb' way...forget it. german food is rich in calories, gravy on everything, massive amounts. order a salat, if you intend to diet. dining out is very safe. our government control very strickt hyginical circumstances in restaurants. don't miss to eat bratwurst on one of the street stands, it's way better than in usa!\nthere is no dresscode, run around as you like. long pants or mini skirt or even topless on the beaches...all up to you and nobody cares.\nas everywhere in the world, crime is mainly in big cities. keep your normal sense and keep an eye on your sourroundings if you decide to run around in the middle of the night alone in a big city. \nwe lock our doors, but in general there isn't too much to worry about.\nalcoholic beverages are not sold at special liquor stores, you find them in every supermarket, same with cigarettes.\nyou will find supplies for all your hobbies you might have, like knitting, sewing or whatever, same like in the usa.\nand last but not least: the trainsystem is great, use it! you can reach every city at every time of the day by train. it's cheaper then gas for your car quiet often and the trains are nice and on time. make daytrips to other cities on the weekend and explore the country. if you have trouble reading the timetables go to the counter and just ask. tickets for short connections are sold over machines, you will find them a bit difficult at the beginning, ask somebody standing next to you, they will help you. longer trips are sold at the counters. buses serve the rural areas on sceduled timetables which hang on the busstations. taxis are quiet expensive, something luxury for the weekend, when you want to go to a pub and drink some. you don't wave them down. they wait at special taxi stands or you order them by phone. if you are in a pub or restaurant just ask the bartender, he order one for you.\naaaah, one more thing..bring adapters for your electronics from usa. we have in europe different plug ins and its not easy to find them in germany unless maybe you find them at the commissary.\nhave a fun stay in germany. i live right now with my hu
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Well I went through the same things so I can tell you EXACTLY what she have to expect to happen. He is already in the army and at his duty station, which mean that she is NOT in his orders. They can get married but they are NOT going to move her or the kids (if any) because they weren't married BEFORE he got the orders. So as far as the military is concerned, the marriage mean NOTHING. After he comes back home for good or get orders to be stationed somewhere else then its a process (About 2-3weeks) (maybe shorter or longer) to get in the DoD system) he have to go through to get his wife and the kids (if any) in the system so that they can be included in his orders next time. My husband is in the Marines and he got orders to Japan. We got married after he received his orders so i had to wait until his two year were up (which will be next month) before me and our child were included in his orders. So from next month on out me and our daughter will be able to travel with him where-ever he goes....if I can answer any more questions just let me know, cause I KNOW 1st hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As far as housing goes once he is stationed at another base or whateva they an get on base housing (if available) if not he can get BHA (Basic Housing Allowance)...which will pay for them to live in civilian housing off-base. So they can get married and YES it can work out even though there is a HIGH divorce rate for the military..it all depends on them if they willing to make it work...(Its hard at times though but they just have to be strong)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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First of all, congratulations to your husband for choosing to serve his country by enlisting in the Army.  He chose to do a tough job that is certainly needed and I hope that you and your family support him in this decision.\n\nYes, there is a chance that he will be deployed somewhere during his time in the Army.  Some get deployed to Afghanistan, some to Iraq, some even get deployed to Hawaii; soldiers go everywhere around the world.\n\nIt sounds like he is in a career field that is considered to be a  "non-combatant".  That means while working he would not normally carry a firearm but would be one of the people to treat those that were injured or wounded.  This is a respected position in the Army.\n\nI wish both of you the best as you enter the Army family.  Please take a look at the Army website, paying particular attention to the posts and installations that he may be stationed.  At the bottom of the Army home page there is a link called "A to Z".  From here you can find the sites to all of the forts.\n\nGood Luck!
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well my husband has been in for 4 years and loves it! (he's 22) he's been all over the world, Malaysia, russia, turkey, afganistan, kergistan, guam, diego garcia, thailand, hawaii, the longest he's been deployed was for 4 months, if your single and in the Air Force your gonna have a GREAT time, my husband might have to go to iraq but stays on base, he's a mechanic for the C-17's (huge plane) he loves it (he's really good with that kind of stuff) but when you sign up just make sure YOU pick your job DON't let the Air Force pick it for you and make sure its written in your contract, lets say you wanted to be a nurse so you tell the recruiter you want to work in a hospital well you have to remember that even hospitals need janitors and you could be one for 4 years, just make sure you specific with your job, my husband is going to school too for computer engineering and the Air Force pays for everything but his books (not a bad deal) if you want to travel all over the world be a flying crew chief, you'll go everywhere! my husband is taking classes to be one now and will be making a ton of money while he flies! (thats why many guys and girls do it) we live in Charleston SC and haven't been stationed anywhere else yet (by choice) we will move in a couple of years out of country just for the experience! good luck!
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In most cases when you are stateside they try and keep a married couple together. Now they may deploy at different times to different areas of the world, but when the deployment is over normally it is back to the states and an assignment together. Even in some overseas area where dependents are authorized as long as both of you accept the dependents tour which is longer than that of a person that chooses not to take the long tour then you might not be assigned to the same area.\n\n\nWe had friends that were in the military and married to each other, they were always assigned together, except in a combat zone or short tour area.\n\nBoth of you should apply for a long tour overseas area at the same time,or a stateside post together at the same time to you assignment branch in Washington.\n\nI hope this is of some use to you, good luck\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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My hubbys on his 2nd year with KBR and is looking for maybe 2 more years after this one..After he emailed the application, a recruiter emailed him back,called and got the process rolling ,he packed and was on his way to Houston for the rest of the hiring process...all in a period of a week.He left directly to Iraq from there.He actually likes where he is and what he does... its not all as bad as the news makes it out to be.Good Luck !
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i am here now and i would suggest...lotion, your an extra unit patch for when you hit your mark youll look squared away cuz youll have yours, lots of white socks,extra shower shoes,yours will surely break after the first few months, you will have hot water...atleast 99% of the FOBs do now. Just to put it this way...your trip from the states to actual iraq will be a hurry and wait thing...youll be in kuwait for a good minute, not to mention going to other camps until you actually get to yours. Bring ear plugs( its part of your IBAS but bring an extra pair) make sure you have a flashlight for the power occasionally goes out. When you get over here you might have a chance to buy a phone like i did. Dont bother bringing phone cards because most of the places here require certain ones. DEET...yes bring some deet..flys out here are CRAZY. My room has a fridge,microwave, and tv but me and my roomy had to buy them, once you get settled in youll want to buy those things ...bring a power adapter and a power converter...if you have a playstation or things like that youll need to convert them from 220 - 110. I actually sent my DCU's home just because i dont wear them here...or the dark brown t-shirts. The laundry here usually takes 3 days turnaround..it sucks not to be able to do it on your own but you have to adjust right?Bring every pair of eye pro they have issued you because you WILL LOSE a pair or two. Body wash definatley makes life a little easier. 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner helps also. Make sure that in your pack..you pack all of your electronic gear and things youll need in a hurry ...eye pro..underware...so and and so forth..since youll be in kuwait a while you dont want to have to search through you A, B , and C bag for everything you need....Also if you can pack everything in zip lock baggies...it takes the air out and you can fit things more effectively in your duffle. you wont know your addy until about 4 weeks in. so make sure your family knows so. USO will give you gift bags while your at the air field with playing cards, beef jerkey, shit like that...and you have to take it so keep in mind that you will be gettting more things even when your bags are already full. There are also certain sizes that your carry on bag has to be so make sure that you dont pack it too full....good luck with your travel...its a long ride so get as much sleep as you can...i think youll be making a stop in ireland...get a smoke break and stretch out take a pee in an actuall latrine.....just be patient when you leave because itll be a long wait.....good luck!!! anymore questions contact me!!
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I was in Ft Hood for 4 years.  We just moved to Ft Jackson last Nov.  My husband is a Drill Sgt here.  If you have any questions about Hood, feel free to message me!
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thanks!\nmy husband was there and is going to Kuwait for a few weeks very soon and then back to Iraq next year.  \n\nwe appreciate it----ooo rah
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Try the link below to see if you can hook something up through them.  I have a list of websites, but it's mostly geared towards soldiers who are deployed, this is the only one that looked viable.  \n\nDon't listen to everyone else who says he needs to budget.  While that is true, if your son is lower enlisted and far enough away that he'd need to fly home, chances are he could actually use the help.  My husband and I have been married since he graduated BCT, and trust me, I understand the money thing.  \n\nIf he's not in a hurry, he could fly Space A for really cheap, but that will only get him so far, he'd still have to pay for transportation home from and back to the airport where they drop him off, and there's no guarantee on dates and times.  Also, if there's a civilian run travel agent on post where he's stationed, have him check there.  Whenever I fly home (from Germany) I book my tickets at the travel agent on post and they usually have some really good deals.  I elected not to go through the emergency channels (for expediency) last time I went home, but still got a ticket through the office on post for half what they wanted online for a flight the next day.  \n\nUnless there's an emergency in the family, there's no place within the military that will help with elective travel.
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To join the military is a big adjustment period.  Let alone with a child already.  First you have to realize that there isn't one job in the Army where you can say 100% that you will not deploy.  Now deploying means anywhere from Kosovo to Iraq.  I have two children of my own.  I didn't have any when I joined.  Due to training, Temporary Duty in places where I'm not stationed, and Deployments I have missed both child births, both first steps, and both first words.  Is it hard?  Of course.  Is it worth it?  I believe it is.  Now also realize I'm an Active Duty soldier.  When I deploy it involves a lot of training before hand which means weeks away from home and long hours before I'm gone for a year.  For NG and Reservists deploying means "mobing" at an Army base for up to 6 months followed by a year long deployment.  As far as the push ups and the climbing goes. Ask your boyfriends father to teach you the correct push up form and start working on it before hand.  The minimum you have to reach by the end of training is 40 pushups, I believe, for the age group you're in.  Basic Training is hard but not impossible.  When things get hard just remember that you aren't the first female to go through it and you won't be the last.  I'm also an Army Brat.  My dad served two tours in Vietnam as well as Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, and the first gulf war.  I'm extremely proud of him and he helps me in my current carrier when I have leadership challenges.  Your boyfriends dad may or may not tell you what you want to hear.  He has a tough job though and I couldn't really blame him.  However my recruiter worked for my dad at one point so I got straight answers.  Ask him and when he tells you see how it makes you feel.  This is a decision you have to make for yourself.  You are responsible for raising your child and if this is the best way you can then go for it.  Is it better for a child to have a homeless family who's there all the time or a taken care of home who's parents are gone for periods at a time?  Granted that there are in betweens but I hope this kinda puts things in perspective.