Expert: Aaron Shifferly - 7/19/2009

Question
Hello,

Me and my fiance are in different branches of services, i'm in the Army and she's in the Navy.  Our wedding is planned for January, and we wanted to know was there a program established for couples in different branches.  Once we get married our goal is to get together and stay together, and I know in the Army they have the Married Army Couples Program in place, and I was wondering if there was anything for different branches.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

Answer
I'm sure there is a similar program to the MACP in the Navy, but the problem is that it doesnt mean they will put one of you with the other all the time; especially if there is no job for the other there. Certain branch combinations are more difficult than others and the Army/Navy or Army/Marine Corps ones are very difficult to get people stationed together due to simple geographic distance between bases. There are very few Navy Bases near Army ones. I'm sure your respective services will take your marriage into consideration when generating your assignments but realize that it will still probably be a long distance thing.