Seeking Advice from Air force wives or any other military wives..ONLY?

Hi all!!





My fianc茅 is joining the Air force soon. He already talked to a recuriter about what the Air Force is about and he's different options. But he is not going to enlist until I talk to the recuriter myself. I know he isnt going to tell me what it is going to be like for me personally; as an air fore wife. So, I wanted some insight and advice from Air Force wives and from other military wives.





Thank You!!!





Also, we have a son and are planning to get married soon.Seeking Advice from Air force wives or any other military wives..ONLY?
You need to go into your marriage knowing that the needs of the AF come first, that you will be asked to move to places you have no desire to go, you will leave behind your family and friends, your husband may deploy on short notice for 6 months or he may go remote for a year, you will be a single parent at times, your son may have to get used to dad not showing up at the ball game or the school play or missing important birthdays, and he will miss holidays and anniversaries. Through all of this you remain strong, stand behind your man, and do the best you can with the support of your new friends and AF family.


You will gain strength you never knew you had. You may learn new skills. Do things you never thought about doing. Live places you've only dreamed about. Cry during a military movie. Stand prouder than many of the airmen during the national anthem. You will never wear his rank.





It's a hard life, but also a wonderful life. One I wouldn't trade for all the world. And that's including the 5 years he deployed 3 months every year and worked 14 hours days when he was home. I have been in wonderful places, places I never want to go again, met my best friend, and met women I never want to see again!





If you have any specific questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Having been mentored by some wonderful women, it's my turn to give back to the next set of AF wives.


hugs!Seeking Advice from Air force wives or any other military wives..ONLY?
Talk to the recruiter about what? I am not too sure what you are asking but it is a pretty tough life. My husband is in the Navy and is gone ALL the time. We are about to go through our 3rd deployment in 3 years. We spend more time on sea duty than on shore duty. If you are committed you will get through it but you can not really prepare yourself because you will never know how hard it truly is until you go through it yourself. Best of luck.
Well, I know you asked for military wives, but I am a military sister. My brother is in the Army. He spent a year in bootcamp. (we did not get to see him at all) Then he came home for 2 weeks and was sent to WA (we live in GA) where he has been for a year. He is actually home on another 2 week leave and when he goes back he will go to Afghanastan.
Best advise i can give is if he does sign in make sure that the job he wants is in writing or they will screw your fiance over. My husband went in as a mechanic and then was told he couldn't do that after he was in meps right before basic and then he was going to be a meteorologist and when he didn't graduate on time because he broke his foot in warrior week he now can only work in security forces. Recruiters are actually the worst guys you can talk to because they will feed you a line of crap. My husband said basic training was nothing like what his recruiter told him. Also make sure that they don't get him in ';general enlistment'; because that means they can put him in anything and your fiance won't have anything to say about it. Just don't believe everything that recruiter tells you because his main job is to get your fiance in there and will tell you whatever it takes to get him in. We might have gotten a crappy recruiter but my husband doesn't want to be in security forces and neither do i because he was promised a job but because he didn't get it all in writing and signed by the right people he is stuck being in security forces weather he wants to be or not. I am actually praying that they do discharge him and then he can go back in 6 months and get a decent job and get it in writing that he gets that job only. good luck
Here are a couple of Military wives support forums. You may have to register to use them.





http://www.airforcewives.com/index.php/c鈥?/a>





http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/鈥?/a>





Also this web site has a lot of info on joining the military


there's a section called join the military.


http://www.military.com/





A lot of info here too.


http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforcej鈥?/a>





Basically the Air Force is like any civilian company. After basic training and tech school for your job you go to your first duty station. Working hours are normally 7:30 to 4:30. M-F You may have to work a weekend shift. You may occasionally have to work shifts it depends on what your job is. You wouldn't be able to join him until his first duty station or if the tech school is long enough to make it worth while you could join him there. I suppose if it were over 4 months it would be worth moving.


As a military member your husband will have free health and dental care, 30 paid vacation days a year, additional pay for housing and to eat separately (at home) rather than if he were single and ate in the dining hall. You and your son will have free medical care and low cost dental care. Also the military has commissary stores for groceries. They charge wholesale price plus 4% for overhead. It saves about 25% over downtown depending on what you buy. You just have to shop carefully.