Military mommas

[kelllyxoxo]

my husband swears into the navy tomorrow, what should I expect from now on? I wanna know any advice you can give! Anyone please? :)

[kelllyxoxo]

Thank you to all of you ladies. Really means a lot and helped !

[luxah]

While he is in bootcamp and school he gets paid. Make sure he has it set up to go into an account you can access, since you'll be the one paying the bills while hes gone. For me, I don't have to work, what my husband makes is enough and has been enough for us to get everything we've needed for our child and then some. He's only an E4, which I know is different than an E1, we lived of that pay check for a long time too. But for us it was best. We're middle school sweethearts, and chose this life together so we could have a family on our own. Before we lived in a one bedroom apartment working fulltime, (only for a lil while because he had the papers and was leaving in May, we moved in the apartment in Feb) but it was still a struggle here and there. But when he had that bigger paycheck it helped a lot. Its not fit eveyone, and its not always a life long thing. Support is key. Good luck.

[kendallleblanc]

My husband has been in for 6 years and is a E6.  I absolutely love the military life. There is so much stability in it.  Deployments suck and sometimes there are "drills" where he is gone 14 hours every day for a week. My husband has another deployment coming up 2 months after our girl is born and won't be back until she is almost a year. That's another not so wonderful thing. But u will be very proud of your husband and you and your baby will have a better life. Trust me. I didn't know him when he was in basic training, but my friend just joined the navy and he is in basic and gets phone calls, but he gets his phone all day on Sundays...♡♡ good luck. It will all be worth it!

[kendallleblanc]

My husband has been in for 6 years and is a E6.  I absolutely love the military life. There is so much stability in it.  Deployments suck and sometimes there are "drills" where he is gone 14 hours every day for a week. My husband has another deployment coming up 2 months after our girl is born and won't be back until she is almost a year. That's another not so wonderful thing. But u will be very proud of your husband and you and your baby will have a better life. Trust me. I didn't know him when he was in basic training, but my friend just joined the navy and he is in basic and gets phone calls, but he gets his phone all day on Sundays...♡♡ good luck. It will all be worth it!

[Mommy_Daddy_2]

I was 18 when my hubby joined. He also went in as an e1 he is now an e5. I had a lot of bad days in the beginning but it got better. You will get used to it :)  

[kelllyxoxo]

I'm 18 and will be a navy wife so I guess that's what I'm most discouraged about. He is going in as a E1 so basically a scrub, only good thing is that he was offered a lot of good jobs because he is very intelligent & scored real high on the ASVAB. Idk if I said that right. I'm just scared about new changes and newborn baby.

[soldierwify]

Husband has been in for 11 years. It ***** but gets way better/easier. Just keep your self busy and don't worry to much! Good luck!

[Mommy_Daddy_2]

My husband has been in for 6 years. Boot camp sucked a school was way better we got to talk pretty much whenever. Deployments are hard but you've just got to keep busy and it'll go by quick. it really isn't a bad life.

[taymicnoe]

When he leaves for boot camp my advice is try to write and send a letter every day!  Your husband is going to go through hell and letters from home are a big part of what gets them through it. He will be able to write you back and will be able to call every once in awhile but they will be very short calls. When he gets to his schooling he will have a lot more freedom and be able to call and Skype.

As for the Navy in general.....my husband served 4 years and just got out this March and it was the hardest 4 years. If there is anything specific you want to know please ask!  I wish there was someone to tell me some of these things instead of learning everything the hard way!

[kelllyxoxo]

I'm getting like a wave of fear, that we might struggle financially with the baby or I may hardly hear from him or that maybe this was a bad choice for us as a married couple. IM SCARED!

[brittanyhinch]

Yeah, the school part is where you can talk a lot, and privileges start showing up.  I was training at joint base Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio TX in the army, and there were people there for two years in their school. (It's an army, naval and air force base)

[KayElizaxx]

While he's at school you can talk pretty much whenever you want though. It gets a lot easier :)

[KayElizaxx]

Basically you'll just have a few to several months until he leaves. He'll be gone for 10 weeks with little contact. He can send and receive letters and you'll get the occasional phone call. Depending on his rate he will then go to A School for an amount of time, a couple months to a couple years.

[kelllyxoxo]

I have no idea that's why I need advice lol. He swears in tomorrow and picks his profession. I'm guessing it will depend on what profession he picks for his date for boot camp

[KayElizaxx]

When does he leave for boot camp? My husband is in the Navy. He's stationed in Norfolk.

[kelllyxoxo]

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