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My boyfriend and I are both Active Duty in the Navy. We plan on getting married in the future and I want to make sure I can do everything I can now to keep us close and make our process into married life a smooth one (as possible!). I am at my permanent duty station in Port Hueneme, CA and I'm an E3 while he is at his in San Diego, CA and he is soon to be an E4. I wanted to know what the process was to get married correctly without asking so many questions to my squad leader and up.
Thank you for your time, your input is much appreciated.
Hi Becca,
You may wish to read my articles about military couples at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/familydomestic/a/militarycouples.htm and http://usmilitary.about.com/od/army/a/dualmilitary.htm
You may also wish to read my article about Family Care Plans (in case you ever decide to have kids) at: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/genfamily/a/familycare.htm
Military members don't have to get permission, or do anything special to get married (except for members who marry foreign nationals overseas). You get married just as any civilian does. See my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/familydomestic/a/marriage.htm
Once you are married, you simply take a certified copy of your marriage certificate to your personnel division, and they update your records.
Of course, while not required, it's always a good idea to keep your supervisory chain "in the loop" about what is happening in your life.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my US Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
About.com US Military Guide
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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