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My boyfriend is in the reserves and is thinking about going active. We are not married yet and I want to stay with him but its my understanding you can't go with unless you are married. I need help I don't know what to do, how to react, or what to say.
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Uh no.
You can move with him anywhere he goes in the U.S.
You don't have to be married.
I was the first commenter and I didn't mean to sound rude when I said "Uh no".
Sorry!
You can move with him, you just have to pay for your own house.
Yah, you can go wherever you want with him in the U.S., but it's going to be on your dime. Not that I'm saying you should get married just for the benefits, but if you want it to be on the Army's (or whatever branch) dime you guys would have to be married.
You can move anywhere you want, the military just won't pay for your move if you aren't married, and they won't give you housing, you will have to get your own place and pay for it yourself. But you can follow him anywhere if you want to.
Please do not marry him just because you want to be closer to him. This is one reason why the divorce rate in military couples is so high.
But, like PPs said, you can move to wherever he is, if you really want to. I know several girls who have done that, and just gotten their own apartment near base. The military won't give you housing. But he will probably have to get permission to live off base if the two of you want to live together, and the military won't give you money to pay your rent.
if you get married don't do it because you want to go with do it because you love him.
Even if he goes overseas or to Hawaii, you could come with too. You'd just have to pay your own way and find a job etc. It's hard, but I know ladies who've done it successfully. Good Luck!
All the other girls are correct also he cannot go from reserves to active instantly. If he decides to change then he has to wait til his re-enlists
"All the other girls are correct also he cannot go from reserves to active instantly. If he decides to change then he has to wait til his re-enlists"
You obviously know nothing about the subject.
2:37 what was your point with your last comment. thats not advice that is being a snooty bitch.
My point was that that commenter (you perhaps?) didn't know what she was talking about. It annoys me when people spout off "information" that is false.
Actually 1:17 is partially correct. In most circumstances, you have to actually separate from the reserves and then separately process for active duty enlistment. Some who are currently activated can apply for direct transfer. But you have to talk to a recruiter and sometimes they will let you end your current committment under a "conditional release", so you can get out and reenlist as active duty. So, 2:37, she obviously knows at least something about the subject.
thanks for all the advice that all of you have provided and thank you whoever it was that noticed miss snooty actually in his situation all he has to do is sign and he can be transfered directly we've already sat with a recruiter and have all that information. the recruiter just seemed to push the marriage issue and i am not ready for all of that. i now know that I can follow him to wherever he goes. Thanks so much
dont do it just becouse u want to go i no i have been there.Its hard i no be for he went over seas when he came home he married me then told me he had to leve again now in may of 2009 we will be moving. marry hem for love not just to go