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I realize that you must be married to have your significant other live on base with you. However, my boyfriend and I don't know if we're ready to be married, but we want to stay together and he wants to move with me when I get stationed. How could we live together without being officially married while I am in my early years of the service?
Sounds to me like your boyfriend is already in the Air Force? Do you know that you are going to the same base? If you are, then when you both are E-4 can move off base and live together. For the first 2 years you both will live in the dorms. You can live off base if you choose, but you do not get BAH for housing till you are E-4 and have been authorized to get BAH. You still have to keep a dorm room if you choose to live of base before you are truly authorized to do so.
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Howard Lorenz
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I have spent the past 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, 3 years was assigned as an Enlisted Accessions Recruiter. I have been deployed various times to several locations. If it is a career in the military you are looking for or thinking about I most likely have the answer. I still have contacts with in the recruiting field and if I don't know the answer then I have folks who do where I can find the answer. I am very blunt and straight forward and will make no attempts to BS you. I will give you the best information that I possible can can. If you think that you cant handle the answer that I give you, then don't ask the question...... If you are planning on joining the military, your number 1 decision factor in making this kind of move is that you need to be more concerned about serving your country than your country serving you!! All the benefits are the best that you can find. Education is at a premium right now and its the most rewarding thing that you can do. If I dont answer right away probably means that I am busy, but have patience, I will get to you.
Experience
Air Force Recruiter for 3 years, Air Force Career 21 Years
Organizations
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Education/Credentials
Community College of the Air Force, International Air Academy, Allied Business Schools, Embry Riddle Aeronautical College, Defense Acquisition University
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