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My fiance is in the AirForce and is stationed in Germany. I am flying over there in about a month or so, i was told I need to have a medical clearance done, and i cannot find out how or where to get the papers!!!
PLEASE help me find out where i can get the forms,
i would ver much appreciate it.
thank you,
paula Hawkins
Hi Paula,
"Fiances" are not military dependents, and -- as such -- the U.S. Military isn't sponsoring your travel to Germany. In other words, officially, you're traveling as a tourist. As such, you don't require a medical clearance.
Now, if you were his spouse, and traveling to Germany on Military Orders (at Military Expense), you would need a medical clearance. The examination/clearance would be accomplished at your closest Military Base, and the "paperwork" would be obtained there.
Do you plan to marry your fiance while in Germany? If so, after you're married, in order to be "command sponsored," (i.e., have you recognized as officially being there, sponsored by the Military), your husband would have to request to change his current overseas tour from "unaccompanied" to "accompanied." This would require him to extend (stay longer) in Germany (an additional year), and as part of the process you would undergo a medical exam and clearance (at the hospital at his base), before the command sponsorship is approved.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information Site at: http://usmilitary.about.com Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
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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