Hubby wants to be a marine, took his practice asvab 2 days ago, and now is taking it tonight. made a 44 I think on the practice, or 46 Idr. Anyhow, he had to sign a waiver saying he was married because the marines hardly have anyone join that have a wife and kids, apparently they usually only have kids... He wont get any kind of money until he gets back from boot camp(3 months) and I'll have to figure out how to pay the bills while he is gone, my son is 8 months old, I have no one to watch him while I work, and non-family members such as daycare, is completely out of the question. We plan to sell his truck before he leaves, use that to pay the bills and mortgage until he comes home, because wherever he and or we get stationed, we have no one to drive one of our vehicles across the country and him drive the u-haul. I need advice please! 

thats all military services about the the spouse waiver cause when i signed up for the airforce my recruiter told me not to get married till after basic and most will not allow u to join if u dont have someone there to stay with ur kids (air force will not allow u to join if ur a single parent unless u give power of attorney of ur kids over to someone while ur gone )

money and daycare: go to dhs see if they can help ( this would help up not a hand out in this situtation )
sometimes u just have to put ur kids in daycare esp when u have no money and no to watch them cause if there is no money coming in then ur going to need to get job more inlikely
Truck: have the military move u and then u can both drive ur cars unless u just want to sell the truck


not trying to tell u how to do things but just giving u my advice 

Good advice and I am noting all this for ideas and alternatives. He wont be leaving until after our sons first birthday in october. so we have between now and then to save up. I have a trust fund but I prefer not to have to tap into that. I have a source of garunteed income that can cover all the bills, mortgage. but not our basic needs. I think if we save enough and go ahead and sell his truck, we will be fine on bills for
6 months. (hopefully). I didnt know the military can move us. How does all that happen? My husband wants this 08 gmc sierra being sold were really thinking of selling his truck, and if he gets into the marines, buying that truck when he gets back from basic. He would love it! 

hey sounds like u have it covered
Yeah the military can move u, when he gets stationed somewhere u would have to talk to one of the mil wives (I m jsut a army brat who join the airforce and got prego right before basic but i know what im talking about we had them move us when i was little &one of my friends jsut moved and to germany the army moved her also my neighbors house I swear is only rented out to officers in training ( he was an officer) but everyone that has been in and out of that house had been moved by the mil. 

If you want them to move you, they will pay all cost, they pack everythign(even the garbage) so make sure to plan ahead and keep out anythign you dont want packed(it took me 10 days to get my household goods so plan accordingly). I would make an off limits room, even if you have to move everything out of it first or use a closet to put away the off limits stuff.
They come to your house one day adn pack everything, the next day a semi comes and loads it all up and that is the semi that will drop it all off.
You have little out of pocket expense this way(your travel to your station will be paid by you and reimbursed after you get there).
If you move yourself, you have to rent the truck, tow dolly, whatever you need to move and then you submit your expenses for reimbursement. I could not afford to do this way, and I have 4 kids, I dont wanna pack my whole house, it may never get done lol. 

The military will move you, its called TMO. Depending on rank & dependents your husband is alloted so many pounds. If you take anything with you & let TMO move part it is called a partical ditty move. This what we usually do. We get our truck weighed then we load it up & weigh it again when we get to our next duty station you submit your travel claim & you will get it back later. Do not expect it right away because it does take time to process. If you do a partial ditty move then TMO packs all your big stuff & you take the rest, or they can move it all, or you can do a full ditty move.
Your husband will be in basic in either San Diego or Paris Island then after he will go into schooling for his MOS. The lenghth of that all depends on the type of training. If you do not deal well with deployments you want him to try to stay away from being a grunt. They are deployed a lot & when they are home they are out in the field a lot.
He will do his schooling somewhere else other than where he will be for boot camp. So the military will move you when he has his actual duty station.
If you need help with anything a good site is militaryonesource.com & if you ever need anything after boot camp with money or support you can seek help from the Navy relief fund.
If you have any questions my husband has been a marine for going on 12 years & I have been beside him from before he left for boot camp till now. Just message me. Good Luck. 

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