My wife, who is also Army, is pregnant. What are our options?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:37:17 -0400

My wife and I just recently found out the great news however we aren't a co-located military couple, she is at Carson and I'm at Riley. I've looked through so many damn regulations and military as well as nonmilitary websites looking for a solution, thought I'd ask around.
The real goal is to get her to Riley, however she hasn't completed her TOS at Carson so we can't file for joint domicile through MACP.

She thinks there's no way the Army could just screw two soldiers at once like this, I say mission takes priority for the Army.

Does anyone have/know of any exception to policies or waivers I might have missed?
Ref: AR 614-200 (Enlisted Assignments and Utilization Management)

EDIT/UPDATE:
Called HRC both of our branch managers said there's no exception to policy and we need to wait the full TOS, so I guess pregnant wife in the barracks is the solution to this. Or administrative separation.

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Aug 18 at 2018 7:11 PM

CSM Darieus ZaGara — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:11:57 -0400

One your statement that the Army is or would be screwing you is a bit out of context. You got pregnant under unsusual circumstances. Now that you are you should apply for an acception to policy to get either one of you to the other. Thank you for your service.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Aug 18 at 2018 9:28 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 21:28:59 -0400

Have either of you contacted you Branch managers to see what is available. As for screwing you, you did that already by being a dual couple, not signing up of MACP and now expecting.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 18 at 2018 9:40 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 21:40:29 -0400

The Army didn't screw you by getting your wife pregnant, you two failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent that from happening, given your circumstances. Your spouse will need a Family Care Plan from when the baby is born till you two are colocated or else she runs the risk of being administratively separated.

As for joint domecile, file your MACP and work with your branch managers to see how much time they will be able to get waived. It's not unusual for them to be able to waive TOS down to 2 years for MACP.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2018 1:05 AM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 01:05:02 -0400

SGT Kent, fist of all, congratulations on your baby. You and your wife can enroll on the MACP program at any time. The unit S1 can help you with all the necessary paperwork. I am going to assume that by the time you both got married, you were not in the same location or one of you had PCS orders to move. In order to be together again, at least one of you will have to be at your current location for 12 months, and be in your Reenlistment window (within 15 months from ETS), at which point you need to see your BN Career Counselor to start the process. Keep in mind that the main goal for you two is to get back together. The Army trys to keep couples together, but service members need to be flexible about where they can go. It is very different trying to relocate a single Soldier vs a military couple.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2018 4:25 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 04:25:41 -0400

Compassionate reassignment

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 26 at 2019 11:58 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:58:31 -0400

Wife would get out of the barracks NLT 7months due to BAH @ single rate until baby is born. Unfortunately this may be the reality until y’all hit TIS but do not think that this is the end all be all. You all are more than likely to PCS to the same duty station. Reason for this is probably because y’all got married after y’all had orders to your duty stations so that’s really why. You can ask for a compassionate reassignment from CDR