Does my branch (in the Army) influence the Army's ability to station me with spouse?

It all depends on your branch manager. My wife was a CPT nurse when I was commissioned into Aviation. While I was at flight school she received orders to Ft Stewart. I had to change my airframe if I wanted to get stationed close to her, hunter Army airfield. When she revived follow-on orders to Walter Reed in DC and I was at my career course they initially tried to send me to fort Monroe area in Virginia before finally sending me to fort McNair in DC. So if both your branches stevwill to work with you both it can work out but you might have to compromise a little. But in no way are you throwing your career away. Anyone who tells you that is ignorant of the process. You have to make choices but as long as you get your command assignment and get those Key development positions you will be ok. Good luck.

I’m not in that situation, but have multiple friends who are, and I think the key to none of them having had issues is two things: 1) at least one of them has a widely needed branch (logistics or AG), and 2) they are still flexible for short separations (a couple months for schools, deployments, etc). Good luck! The Army is a fine endeavor, but so is marriage and family.

Your branch will influence where the Army assigns you. My spouse is a 63J, Medevac pilot and I was a FA90, logistics. We were both in the married Army Couples Program. My wife’s MOS had priority. So in our career, both our Branch Managers worked together. They assigned my wife to an Aviation unit and then they found an assignment for me. We served on the same installation but not necessarily in the same BCT. This means one spouse could be deployed, both spouses deployed, or both at home.