My husband is currently stationed in Cuba and if any body can help me out I would appreciate it so much. My husband and I have talked about having me visit him in January. He said he's working on the paper work but I was wondering if there is anything I should be doing to get things ready. I already know that I'll have to get a passport and I'm all set in that area. I have found some information on this website about "space-a" which was kind of helpful...but confusing at the same time. Can anyone give me advice? Please keep in mind that I'm not 100% with military lingo. Thanks
Cuba is one of those really weird situations.. you cannot just hop a civilian plane and show up. there are things that he has to do at his end to get permission to bring you onto the base.
is he actually STATIONED there, or is he deployed on the Detainee Ops side? if the latter,he may not be allowed to bring you over at all.
Unless things have changed, you can't fly Space"A" without your husband being with you. I suggest he put in for R&R/Leave, take a military fight and meet you in the States. Good luck.
actually Robbie under certain circumstances we can fly without our sponsors. such as when they are stationed OCONUS on unaccompanied orders. I could, if I felt like it, fly from BWI to kadena Space a to visit Mr JVB. ( I am not as I dislike intensely the possibility of being bumped plus all the other things that can go wrong)
Originally posted by Robbie711: Unless things have changed, you can't fly Space"A" without your husband being with you. I suggest he put in for R&R/Leave, take a military fight and meet you in the States. Good luck.
Things have changed a lot. If he is deployed longer than 120 days, dependents can now use Space A without him as long as you have a letter stating it. You are then Cat 4. If he is gone over 365 days then you are upgraded to Cat 3 (b - get bumped by AD members & their families when traveling together) If he has unaccompanied overseas orders then you can get a trip to that location at least once, need a letter for that as well.
Also unless he is gone longer than 365 he will not get R&R.
I knew that if you were both stationed OCONUS, at isolated duty station, dependends could go on shopping trips but I did not know about dependents being able to fly from the States, overseas without their spouse. Good deal.
But, with all the troop movements I would set aside time for possible delays in route.
I know he has to fill out paperwork and get permission and that it's not a trip where I can just book a room at a hotel, buy a plane ticket and fly over. He is stationed on unaccompanied orders. I'm just wondering about the process and how it works. I don't expect it to be easy.
