Has anyone been to the marriage counselling seminar run by the navy? If so, what does it entail?

are you talking about the retreats?
Sorry can't help you

Apparently it's a 4hr long seminar held on base. That's about all I know!

I've never heard of it. We just took the pre cana classes, those ones are for if you are getting married in a catholic church.

I know they offered classes like that in Guam. But I thought they were more for couples already married and if I remember correctly you needed to get it approved by his chief or something like that.

I've found out what it is!! It's a seminar for sailors who want to get married - they're given a checklist that they have to complete before they cen recieve the affidavit (sp?) of competency to marry. The seminar has a lot of advice on married life and parenting etc.

I also found out that apparently, I have to have several blood tests, a pg test and a pap smear before they'll allow us to marry! :oogle :worried

I had to do all the medical stuff in order to get command sponsorship. But I did it after we got married and that was no problem. No pregnancy or blood test though. Just the normal medical they do when you go overseas./

I have to do extra stuff for command sponsorship - this is just to get hitched! I made a joke to df that I feel like I'm marrying the navy- I must admit a cold shiver went down my spine as he replied that I kinda am :oogle

Let's see. For command sponsorship DH had to put in a request chit, and then the whole medical stuff. For us to get married he only had to go to the psychologist guy to talk. I don't see why it would be so different for you?

okay, here goes the Navy Newbie :-) sorry guys :-( I'm lost. What is command sponsorship? How can the rules vary this much with requirements for marriage and so forth within the Navy? some posts say you don't have to do anything extra just whatever the state you are getting married in requires, others say just medical (what does medical entail?), and some say you have to have "premarital classes" and medical. etc. I'm very confused! and DF is deployed :-(

It was different for me and will be for Zelda since we aren't US citizens and our guys are/were not stationed in the US at the time of the wedding. Not sure how things work exactly for a 'normal' wedding.

Me and DH went to the retreat it was a weekend thing and we didn't like it at all..it wasn't really for us at the time it was more for dealing with the romance and the relationship after kids and etc and a little bit of communication. We didn't have any kids so we left after the first day. We did have to get on the list from his CO and everything because the navy was paying for the trip it was at some kind of church type cabin place and we stayed in hotels there and met at certian times of the day and they had activities planned. But as I said we left after the first night because it was more for the couple with kids who needed to get reaquainted and learn how to get the romance back and stuff.