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My boyfriend went into the Airforce in March this year. He is now located at Keesler AFB for tech school, but when he gets out we think he'll go to Mountain Home AFB. He doesn't want to go there because he is from VA and I'm located here. If he volunteers to go overseas what are the chances of his assignment place changing? I'm going to marry him if he goes overseas, so my other question is what are some of the benefits we will recieve. I am a junior in college, are there any kinds of funds I can get for being a military wife?
Hi LaRhonda,
I guess I'm confused. Does he have an assignment given to him yet? If he does, changing it will be difficult. If he already has been given an assignment, volunteering for overseas probably won't make any difference (should have volunteered for overseas before the assignments were generated).
Military spouses are eligible for many benefits. Instead of me trying to write a book and detailing them all, I recommend you read my article, "What the Recruiter Never Told You" at: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter.htm
It will give you an overview of the benefits your husband is entitled to, whether married, or not.
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.
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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