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Good Afternoon,
My fiancee is a US Marine, currently stationed at Camp Lejune, NC and I wanted to know after he's finishing with going to MOS school for Personnel Administration, where are the possible duty stations he could be assigned to? Also, once he finishes with MOS school, would it be wise for us to get married?
Hi,
Your fiancé's MOS (job) is in use at pretty much any Marine Corps Base (and
several Navy Bases, which have a significant amount of Marines assigned
there). That means he can be assigned almost anywhere. Where he will
actually get assigned depends on his desires, and the "needs of the
service." For details, see my article at:
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter10.htm
When you get married is up to you. But, if he gets married *before*
reporting to his first duty assignment, the military will pay for you to
relocate there (assuming, of course, if he's assigned to a location where
dependents are allowed to travel at government expense).
If he reports to his first duty assignment first, then you get married
after, then you will have to pay to relocate to his duty station. For
details, see my article at:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/milmarriage.htm
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
usmilitary.guide@about.com
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers
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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.
Experience
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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