Part 20
Things I hear about marriage:
- you do not get BAH (basic allowance for housing) if you live in the barracks
-I hear it is hard for you to get stationed with your significant other. Like in my case, I am stationed on another base, Okinawa. And he's stationed somewhere in Mainland japan. So I hear confusing statements on this. I've heard that it could be easier for me to get new orders to get stationed with him, and I hear that it is harder. So I am not sure about this one yet.
-you cannot stay separated from your spouse for longer than a year. I've been told they HAVE to find a solution for you to be together before the year is over.
-if you cannot be stationed on the same base as your spouse, then you will at least be stationed at another base CLOSE by.
If I do not get what I want-ima just get knocked up lmao let's see if they say no now. Honestly not even kidding. If the marine corps doesn't allow me to be with him I'm seriously getting pregnant. :) then they'll be no choice but to let me be with him.
-I hear it is harder to get married in Japan
-changing your last name is especially difficult in Japan, you need to send a bunch of paper work to the Embassy on Mainland Japan, everything could take weeks to process.
-both you and your spouse will not get paid the same BAH allowance. Who ever is more senior in the marine corps will get the full BAH in this case, ME, and your spouse will get half pay
-you can live either on base or off base, your choice
-Some guy told me he was given 10 days to have the time to furnish his house and get a car, you know get settled in
Totally unrelated but I just thought of this:
-when you get pregnant you CANNOT live in the barracks, so you are provided a house. Wether or not you have a significant other/spouse, you can be single but once you get pregnant you are provided a place to live
-I hear when you are single and you become pregnant and you are out here in a foreign country, sometimes you are sent back to the states because you are alone out here and you do not have help to care for a child on your own. So they send you back to the states where you have family who can occasionally assist you if needed. You can bring your child into work sometimes not all of the time. I'm sure there is a way where you don't have to go back to the states if you're out here in Japan, I'm just not sure of those ways. But you can have a family out here. Being told that you cannot have a family in Japan is a rumor, you CAN. But most of the people who have had children out here are married, so there is that factor to consider.
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Being A Marine
Non-FictionI am a 20 year old woman who recently became a United States Marine. I will be posting as much as I can, and sharing my experiences in one of the most toughest branches.
