Woe.be.gone
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Thanks for the replies about moving while a military spouse - have done it myself nine times.
Just can't see her doing it herself FOR THE FIRST TIME unless they, the Marines, have a system in place where someone meets the spouse at the airport, transports them on base, checks them into temporary housing, gives them the key to their house and brings them to the house on the day the shipment is scheduled to arrive, yadda, yadda, yadda.
When we moved overseas, and were attached to a small division, someone met us at the airport and drove us to our hotel. Then, we were on our own with advice in hand that had been mailed to us months earlier by a person (usually a couple) called a "sponsor". Later, we would fulfill the role of sponsor for somebody else. But we weren't responsible to find their housing, just to offer support. Good sponsors have you over for dinner, place a snack basket in your hotel room and offer to show you around town.
Just can't see her doing it herself FOR THE FIRST TIME unless they, the Marines, have a system in place where someone meets the spouse at the airport, transports them on base, checks them into temporary housing, gives them the key to their house and brings them to the house on the day the shipment is scheduled to arrive, yadda, yadda, yadda.
When we moved overseas, and were attached to a small division, someone met us at the airport and drove us to our hotel. Then, we were on our own with advice in hand that had been mailed to us months earlier by a person (usually a couple) called a "sponsor". Later, we would fulfill the role of sponsor for somebody else. But we weren't responsible to find their housing, just to offer support. Good sponsors have you over for dinner, place a snack basket in your hotel room and offer to show you around town.