Comments on: 19 Must Know Tips for an Army PCS Move

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:01:03 +0000

Our first Army move we didn’t have to file any claims. With our 2nd, geez, we had a damaged mirror, ALL of my office furniture and a few other smaller things. So I’d say it just depends.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:08:25 +0000

Is it REALLY guaranteed to be THAT bad??

Our first move was a DITY and now my husband is off on training the whole time, I’ve got to deal with the movers and get me & the kids to the new post (in the winter)…EVERYONE is freaking me out!! From friends, to the web, to the JPPSO people themselves, says that the movers WILL steal, break, lose, and destroy our stuff! Claims are inevitable! Don’t let them touch it if you care about it! But…I care about all of our stuff, or at least an awful lot of it. I’ve got collectible things, family heirlooms, signed band memorabilia, let alone my kids’ treasures…and no way can it fit in my van. I’d get a trailer except I’ve never hauled a trailer & this move will be perilous enough due to weather, so I don’t want to try that. I don’t have a home picked out yet, just a list of numbers to call on active rentals in the new town, so I can’t mail stuff to my new place…actually can’t afford to be shipping a bunch of boxes anywhere anyhow…

So seriously, I want to ask spouses who are like “oh, you’ll get real good at this” (I’m assuming you already are)…should I just learn not to get attached to anything anymore, since it’s all a write off the minute any given set of movers touches it?? Is it a certainty that it’s going to be THAT awful?? I know there are bad anecdotes, but people act like a smooth move with no property loss is just something that doesn’t occur, is not possible. I’d like some truth…thanks!

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:09:40 +0000

I know people who have had movers go to their house as well as a storage unit so I don’t really know why going to two different houses would be any different. Transportation can tell you for sure though.

By: Jess L.

Jess L. — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:01:43 +0000

My husband & I have been married a little over 4 months. I live at home with my parents right now because he is stationed in Germany & will be PCSing out of there this coming spring. I’ll be going to live with him then because he will be stateside this time & it will be easier to move me there then to Germany. The thing is we have never moved in together & out of our parents house since he was only home about 2 weeks after the wedding. So I’m wondering what will happen when they need to move our things to wherever he gets sent to next. He has stuff that he couldn’t take with him living in the barracks at his parents house & everything I own is here at my parents. Do you know if the movers will go to both houses or just one? I’m guessing they’ll only go to one place which means one of us would have to have all of their things packed already to take it to the other house. We don’t have a lot to move since we don’t really own anything to start a home yet. Or do you think we’ll have to move ourselves, which would seem easier to me in our situation. We have some time yet to figure out what we need to do but I’m trying to figure out whatever I can ahead of time since this is new to both of us yet (he went from basic/AIT to Germany to deployed & back to Germany since he joined almost 2 years ago). Any advice or info would really help! =)

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:48:39 +0000

I was afraid you guys would say that. Military was never in my plans for us, having a courthouse wedding was also never in our plans. I’m 100% supportive of him and what he wants to do (and what we’ve decided to do) as far as joining, I am just having to swallow a lot of my dreams. I’m afraid we’ll go to the JOP and then life will get in the way of us ever having a real wedding in the future. Adjusting to a lot, reading even more. Thanks ladies.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:20:53 +0000

I agree w/ Stacey. Dealing with the Military as a Girlfriend is like pulling teeth. There are several things that you’d be restricted from until you are legally married. I say do JOP now, save up and then you can do your nice wedding later on. I know a lot people who have done that. But just so it’s easier on the both of you, I’d get married before his orders come down.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:38:12 +0000

If you’re planning to get married soon anyway, I would personally do it before he joins. It will be easier in a lot of ways to already be married.

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:07:53 +0000

My boyfriend is in the process of joining the Army. We are in our mid 20s and have been living together for 3 years. We are planning to get married, but our plan was to save up and have a really nice wedding. However, the more I read about military life as a girlfriend vs. a wife, the more I realize getting married at the JOP before he gets his PCS orders is the best way for us to stay together.
Any advice? I have been reading blogs, books, articles… anything I can to prepare myself for what lies ahead.

By: Army Spouse Entrepreneurial Spirit

Army Spouse Entrepreneurial Spirit — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:07:02 +0000

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By: Tiff R

Tiff R — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:39:04 +0000

I was wondering if we PCSed to our base last year but we knew he was deploying in less than a year so we decided to not move our stuff there but got gas money paid back from the army will the army still pay for our household goods to be moved since hes coming home from Afghanistan soon? or will we have to pay for it? And if we do have to pay for it since we will be PCSing 7 months after he gets back could we leave our stuff back home and have the army pay for it to all go to our new duty station?