Minnrai Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Selected last month and still waiting on orders. Wife and I are dual military and she is planning on reenlisting soon. Enrolled in the MACP program. Anyone know if she will get orders to PCS with me prior to WOCS, or will I have to graduate before she'll get orders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyrk Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Yo same question here! Branch manager isn't answering his phone so can't help with much. Have you tried calling her branch and seeing what they can do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH11B Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Check the rules for time on station. We were told we could be there together but my spouse would have to stay 36 months regardless of how long it took me to finish flight school. Branch also made the point of saying that from their perspective being at the same duty station every second assignment was going above and beyond for us. I took that to mean we wouldn’t get any leeway looking to be stationed together post flight school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyrk Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Interesting. I'm on my 4th duty station and have never spent more than 24 at any given one including two conus. Not saying it's right but branch can/used to MOS dependent put you on assignment as soon as you were eligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyrk Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 So branch got back to us, long story short essentially gonna meet back up post flight school unless something magically opens up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowlurker Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 MACP does not cover PCS' that are solely for school. If there was a slot open, they would potentially try to work with you, but unlikely. I fought this for a while, but my wife and I PCS'd to two separate places. The only consolation prize is you do qualify for FSA if you were stationed together immediately prior to WOCS. I haven't lived with my wife for over 2/3 of our marriage. Army is really trying their best to convince her to divorce me. Family first. I hope you have better luck than I have had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnrai Posted February 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 3:41 PM, Shadowlurker said: MACP does not cover PCS' that are solely for school. If there was a slot open, they would potentially try to work with you, but unlikely. I fought this for a while, but my wife and I PCS'd to two separate places. The only consolation prize is you do qualify for FSA if you were stationed together immediately prior to WOCS. I haven't lived with my wife for over 2/3 of our marriage. Army is really trying their best to convince her to divorce me. Family first. I hope you have better luck than I have had! What is FSA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedude Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 59 minutes ago, Minnrai said: What is FSA? Family separation allowance. https://militarypay.defense.gov/PAY/Allowances/fsa.aspx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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