he said at one point that me and him could live together off-base if we were NOT married once he gets his orders. then last night we were discussing it again and he said that he CANNOT live off-base unless he is married. which one is right? :confused :confused could it be because he's a nuke or something? please anyone help if you can.

i think it depends on the command, from what i understand some will and some won't

thanks...oh btw where are ya'll stationed?

It depends on his rank mostly. If he's less than an E-4 they most likely wont let him live off base not being married and IF he gets permission to he wont get BAH. Has nothing to do with being a nuke, My husband is a nuke.

he's an e-4 now but by time he gets his orders he'll be e-5. he has some really good stuff on his service record will that make a difference in their consideration

You make E-5 by taking a test.... If he doesn't pass the test it doens't matter how good his record looks.

If he IS an E-5 when he gets his orders then he will be able to live in town and collect single BAH.

ok thanks

Sarah don't forget most nukes are handed E5 for reupping.
So right now no he can't and depeding on his command whether he can when he gets there.

Yah I know my husband passed the E-5 exam, but before he knew he passed he re-enlisted and got E-5 anyway lol

If he's a nuke and still going through the program there's a point where, even if you're married, he can't live outside of the barracks. I got married to my nuke in December and wasn't able to live with him till he finished "A" school. I think if he's still assigned to NNPTC (I'm assuming he's in Charleston) then he has to live in the barracks. Once the graduate from NNPTC and go onto NPTU, they kick them out of the barracks and make them look for a place elsewhere because the barracks are only for NNPTC students. So if you guys aren't married after he goes through NNPTC, then you can live with him OUTSIDE of base. Living in base is still only for married sailors. If he's still going through NNPTC, then you can't live with him until he graduates. HTH
I'm going to double check with DH. I think what they will do is, if you're married and he has to stay in the barracks, then you get seperation pay until he's allowed to live in housing. I may have just opened a whole new can of worms :duh .

I forgot all about that Brialee! I wasn't with my husband then, but he told me how it works.

They didn't kick them out when we were there
If you were single you got BEQs
How long has it been since you guys were there?
We were there from 98-02

thanks...oh btw where are ya'll stationed?

well he's still in charleston, almost done with prototype so hopefully we'll find out where we are headed soon.

eta: they are now letting married in NNPTC live in housing since there are so many, and there is more then enough housing. Once they finish at NNPTC they do have to find housing elsewhere.

I wasn't talking about the kicking out part I was just talking about the part where he has to be there for school :D

Tony started school in SC in 99.

do you have to be married to live on base with your boyfriend?

do you have to be married to live on base with your boyfriend?


Yes, you have to be married to live together on base.

ok well b/c he'll be done in june with the second part of school and then he might go to NY but he's not sure yet. we would wait until he was all done with school and gets his orders. that way i wouldn't have to transfer twice. can he request to live off base if he's e-5? if he gets to live off base i can live with him right? should we just wait until we get married? give me ya'll's honest opinion

Once he is an E-5 and done with school he can live off base and you can live with him. The only difference between you not being married and being married is, if you're NOT married he will get single BAH if you guys ARE married he will get married BAH.

ok thanks so much!!!! :) :) :)

Tony started school in SC in 99.


You know what, our husbands probably knew each other! He went through NNPTC in 99 and went on to instruct till '03. I know they have to have met or something!

Anyways, I asked him just now and he said that there aren't any restrictions against living outside of barrracks as long as you are married. It doesn't matter what part of school you are going through. The only time you can live with him is during NPTU where they are not able to live at the barracks, after that it's pretty much whatever living arrangements they want. I will repeat that he's not going to receive married BAH. I think there's like a 2-300 difference in amount so take that into consideration too.

If you wait to get married after he finishes school and has orders YOU WILL NOT be on his orders so the gov will not pay to transfer you!
My dh probably saw both of your husbands cause Like I said we were there from 98-02

I'm going to have to find a pic of both your husbands and show them to mine and see if he recognizes them. Breezy, was your DH an instructor?

Haha no I wish
He was security. He sat on top of the sub with the M16s :D
There is a pic of my dh on my user page if we still have those

Brialee, just ask your husband is he recognizes the name Layher... it's not very common lol