Maybe this has been answered already, but I've been reading through the posts for the last couple of days and can't seem to find an answer... so, here goes...

My husband is currently in week 7 of AFBMT and graduates at the end of Jan. I know he'll go directly into his Tech School, which will be however many weeks long (it's SF and I've seen a couple different guestimates about how long it actually is now). My question is, does anyone know how long after he goes into Tech School it takes for me to be able to live with him? Does he have to be an E2 and anyone know how long that generally takes? A couple weeks? A month?

The main reason I want to know is that we are about 6 months prego right now and I need to know living arrangements since I plan on having the baby in San Antonio, and if things could be perfect I'd like to be on base with him so he can come to the birth... anyone got the 411 on this?

depends on how long his school is as to whether or not they'll move you. In general, 26 weeks is required. If the military doesn't pay for it you're on your own, you can't live on base and he can't move out of the barraks with you. They also won't pay for you to move from their to his PDS.

There's no garuntee that even if you're in the area with him he'll get the time off for the birth. If he's in SF training that's even more of a reality you have to deal with, and if you are down there you can't be a distraction to him. In many intense training environments, married people have a lower chance of making it through.

Well I don't really care about them paying to move me. I have 12 weeks paid maternity leave from my job, plus his pay, plus I have family in San Antonio I can live with for a couple of weeks until I can get an apartment or move on base (if I can). As it stands I have no clue what to expect. Should I get an apartment and be content to see him only on the weekends for a couple months? (which I would be ok with if it was all I got)...

I suggest you take your questions over to the AF discussion boards. There are some SF members over there that can probably better answer your questions about tech school.

Also remember, he could get an overseas assignment out of tech school. Even if the assignment is an accompanied one, you may not be able to go right away if it is too close to when you delivered as you and the baby won't be allowed to fly.

I wouldn't get an apartment. You may not be able to break the lease when he is done with training and ships out to his PDS.

And I don't know if you are understanding what we mean by pay to move you.

The military pays to have a moving company come out, pack all your stuff for you, load it all in a truck, and move it to your next PDS. Being 6months pregnant, You should appreciate this.

Moving on base won't be an option if you don't fall into the Time frame given to live with him while he is in training. Yes I know you are married and that makes you entitled to housing or housing allowance, BUT at the moment he is on Unaccompanied orders, therefore you get allowance and not a house. You aren't supposed to be there with him.

OH while in tech school there is no guarantee that he is even going to be allowed to leave base to see you on the weekends. He has to be on a certain level in his training to get weekend passes.

To be moved to 101 Sunday, 1-9, 1600.

ok well i am active duty and so is my husband heres how it goes, since he is your husband and as long as when he joined you were his dependent then theres no problem, you ave to wai for him o get done with all his training ad get to his first duty station, yo might want to allow him a little time to get settled in, but other than that he recieves whats called bah, basic allowance houing, where if yall choose you can live off or on post, off post you get to keep all the money that isnt used they are boosting it up to about 1000$ i think, he will also get bas cause he wont be eating at the deffactan thats like another 300$, there not gonna pay to move you though, when he arrives at his duty station he is going to go through processing again and then goes t his unit where he will do processing again, then he might get leave to move you i forget what its called, also about the baby you can call red cross and have them send a message to his unit, and he can get emergency leave, but honestly for his sake i wouldnt bother him, SF is difficult stuff and if he has to leave he will have to do the training over again and that just more time away, hpe this helped