How can i try to get me and my husband back on the same deployment rotation

2013-11-23T09:04:23-05:00

I am sure some one has asked this before, but me and my husband are dull military we were both in the same unit untill i got moved to deploy with the one  im at now, but when i get home from this deployment there is only a week until he leaves with his, how can we make it so we are on the same deployment rotations when he gets back, or can it not be done? we are already enrolled in the married couples program, but I dont know what else I can do so we dont run into what we are having to deal with now with not being to see each other for about 2 years besides the one week? We are both 88M and are in the same brigade just not the same battalion.

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Nov 23 at 2013 9:31 AM

2013-11-23T09:31:38-05:00

This seems like something that can be handled through the NCO Support Channel. Moves within BDEs are usually "approved" by the BDE CSM. I would work through your PSG and 1SG and BN CSM (both yours and your husbands). If the situation is elevated that way, by both Support Channels, it is a more solid case to bring before the BDE CSM.

Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Nov 23 at 2013 9:53 AM

2013-11-23T09:53:30-05:00

You could also request this through the Assignment Satisfaction Key (ASK).

IAW MILPER Message 11-141, the "MACP" feature provides Soldiers enrolled in
the Married Army Couples Program (MACP) (Enl married to Enl) the capability to
indicate a preference for simultaneous deployment cycles. This
information is available to assist commanders as they deem appropriate.

MILPER Message 11-141, Deployment
Preference for the Married Army Couples Program - The Assignment Satisfaction Key

https://www.hrc.army.mil/milper/11-141

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 23 at 2013 10:35 AM

2013-11-23T10:35:17-05:00

My husband and I have been moved to meet each other's deployment cycles twice. It was just a matter of opening our mouths and talking with our command. They do not know there is an issue unless you talk with them.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 23 at 2013 11:07 AM

2013-11-23T11:07:29-05:00

Someone has to volunteer to go.  The units don't look at things like that for you, so you have to bring it to someones attention.  That advice goes for the rest of the career issues as well.  Your paperwork may say married army couples program, but it can be overlooked.  It will ultimately be your responsibility to make your family a priority.

Response by SPC(P) Delcina Myers made Mar 16 at 2014 10:35 PM

2014-03-16T22:35:16-04:00

I honestly didn't think that (when married couples are serving together) that both of you could deploy at the same time...? Or was this just a myth? 

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 29 at 2015 7:32 PM

2015-12-29T19:32:29-05:00

I'm currently down range and my wife is back on the rear. She is in a different brigade than I am but within her brigade different units are deploying soon so I'm worried that when I get back she may be leaving. How can I get her over to my brigade or unit ????

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2017-03-01T05:25:13-05:00

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