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Family and the Navy
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Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Military pay is public. Just Google "military pay tables" and "military BAH/BAS." Add the two together and that's what your gross yearly salary will be. Make sure that you are looking at the tables dated for 2008. You'll be at O-1 for your first two years, then O-2 for two years after that, then O-3 for 4-6 years after that...
Depends on the installation. NWS Charleston has no officer's housing available for single people.
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
Very few bases have permanent party housing for bachelor Officer's anymore. PPVs are about the only "gubment housing" I have seen available to me since I got divorced. Most BOQs aren't there anymore or are transient only now.
There ARE exceptions.
There ARE exceptions.
Simmer down boot camp, the kid's just trying to help.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Was simply rebutting the people who sharply criticized MIDN because he said that "officers must live off base." The truth is, if you're single, MIDN is correct at some installations.
We've lived on base about 11 out of 23 years.So, if your single, and you live on certain bases, you may have to live off base, possibly? That's almost exactly what he said. How did I mis that.
I think this statement is relative to the kind of lifestyle you live. I get E-5 pay, BAH, and BAS (no other incentive pays, SRB, or allowances) with a stay-at-home wife and 3 kids. We make due with what we have and live within our means. Personally, I can't wait to get that extra grand a month from O-1E base pay. My point is, if you make good financial decisions, O-1 pay should be enough for you and your family to live comfortably. The pay raises you get when you advance are nice too, MUCH better than enlisted anyway.
Agreed...My biggest drain is that my wife and I both went to college and have $62,000 and $52,000 in school loans. That eats up about $650 a month alone (I don't know how we did it on E-3 pay, but we managed)...
Yikes! Good on you for getting through that! E-3 pay is NOT very much, it was probably a huge relief to get that O-1 pay, eh!
btlawson22
New Member
thank you all, you have been a huge help. Can anyone tell me how often you get deployed when we are not in conflict?
I haven't noticed conflicts having a huge impact on deployment schedules. (I'm sure it depends on community) Navy deploys in peace time and war time. My husband was actually deployed more between 1992 and 1999 than he was from 2000 to present. I'd plan on at least one 6-7mo deployment every 18-24mo. Plus you have work ups, sea trials, dets, etc., in between. When he was stationed in th US he was gone about 50% of the time while on sea duty, when we were in Japan he was gone 80+% of the time.