Can you join with dependents?

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  • Mother_To_4
  on Nov. 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM

• Are the children his? It's not impossible but it'll take waivers  The better you look on paper and score on the ASVAB the better his chances will be. If the kids are not his and your not married then there should be no problems.

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  • Turb0Happy
  on Nov. 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM

• The children are his, he's just not on their certificates because our state only allows married fathers to be named.  Legally speaking, I would be the one with full custody of the kids if it came right down to it.  He did very well on the ASVAB, he scored well above average on everything but mechanics. 

  

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  • Reyamydawson
  on Nov. 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM

• My husband joined no problem... his dependants were me and our son. And... if you are married when he joins, you start receiving all the benefits the day he leaves for basic. it's awesome!! I went to the closes Army base when my husband left and got my military ID so I could start getting discounts, etc. I am VERY partial to the AF, not only because that's the branch my husband is in, but because I know a lot of Army wives and the Army is MUCH harder! Army deploys longer and more often than the AF.
  

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  • NatGab
  on Nov. 13, 2009 at 3:22 PM

• You may have already found out the answer to this by now, but we have 2 kids and my husband was able to join with a waiver.  If you don't get married before he leaves he won't have a problem joining but you also won't recieve any of the benefits.  He will get BAH while he is gone, and also seperation pay after he is gone for 30 days if you are married.
  

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  • Turb0Happy
  on Nov. 13, 2009 at 3:25 PM

• Thanks for all the help ladies :)  As it happens, we decided to go Army instead.  DH is "too old" for the AF...never thought we'd hear "too old" in our 30's, LOL! 

  I really do appreciate all the replies though :)

  

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  • NatGab
  on Nov. 13, 2009 at 3:27 PM

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  Quoting Turb0Happy:
  
  

  Thanks for all the help ladies :)  As it happens, we decided to go Army instead.  DH is "too old" for the AF...never thought we'd hear "too old" in our 30's, LOL! 

  I really do appreciate all the replies though :)

  Yep, have to be under 28 I think for AF.  Good luck in the Army!
  

  Mommy to two sweet girls AND

  
  

  
  

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