Does being married decrease your chances of being stationed overseas?

My girlfriend is a Japanese citizen. She would like me to request to be stationed in Japan, so she can keep close to her family. I hear the military doesn't want to pay for a soldier`s family, unless the soldier is important, like an officer, but in this case she already lives in japan. What would be the best thing to do?Does being married decrease your chances of being stationed overseas?
Hope and pray my friend, You can request all you want.


If your in a school, then you best be in the top 3 of your class, cause stationing goes in A-F order..


A lot of enlisted people try to get placed over seas (believe it or not)


You may have a better chance if you are married to her and trying to get out there.Does being married decrease your chances of being stationed overseas?
Best thing to do is do your job the best you can and request away. There are no guarantees in life and less so in the military. However, whoever told you the military doesn't want to pay for families is full of crap. If that were true, there wouldn't be a whole system of dependent schools, medical system and housing on military installations worldwide. Being married has nothing to do with the assignments you get. However, you cannot take family on all assignments.





Also, where you get stationed is dependent on your MOS/AFSC, your skill level, and need for your job at a particular location. So if they need someone at your skill level and your MOS/AFSC in Japan, then it's possible. If your job can't be stationed in Japan, there is no point in you requesting it. However, you should know that you can can't stay there forever if you get it...at most 3 years...maybe 6 if married and then you will be reassigned and maybe never see Japan again.
Being married does not change the odds of being stationed overseas.





Getting paid for your dependents to go overseas with you is called ';Command Sponsorship.'; Whether you will be command-sponsored is dependent mostly on where it is you are travelling. Nowadays they are actually increasing the number of command-sponsored tours they offer. Being a higher rank does help.





That said, if she is Japanese anyway she can always get a civilian job and you can have her live in Japan on your own dime.
First, Is your girlfriend in the military too? Being married doesnt decrease your chances, but if you get married your wife comes with you where every you go unless is a deployment or a short tour. But they dont care where shes from, that want make them sent you there

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