new Navy AECF wife!

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Permalink Reply by Mary - wife of a sailor on September 26, 2009 at 1:48pm

I had to barrow and barrow again from family ever since my husband left for bootcamp. It is slowly getting easier to stretch that dallar. It was really hard for me to ask for that kind of help. Do you have any family that can help you? You can also call your utility companies, phone company ext. and see if they can roll over your bills to the next month with out charging late fees.

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Permalink Reply by Melinda Q on September 26, 2009 at 1:49pm

Eboni,
You might want to go on the AECF Wives discussion group...there are some nice ladies there. As a mom, I do not have much information to help you. When did he leave for boot? He should have gotten paid just 2 weeks after getting to GL. And I am assuming they opened a Navy Federal account for him. It is a great bank and easy to work with. Unfortunatly, you are probably not on the account yet. If you can send him your bank information, I THINK he can go to the Navy Federal branch on base and transfer some money to your other account. He might have to talk to the RDC's for his unit and tell them what he needs to do to help you to get permission to go to the bank. Good luck to you and Welcome to the Navy!!

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Permalink Reply by Eboni on September 26, 2009 at 1:59pm

thanks for the advice. He said he is going to put my name on the account, its just i dont know how to access the account. I am not even sure he set it up yet, but i know he will get paid the first of Oct. He went in Aug, 25. so were definitely behind.

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Permalink Reply by Melinda Q on September 26, 2009 at 2:11pm

He should have gotten paid Sept 15 and again on Oct 1. He can't actually put you on the account until you are there to sign the forms. The accounts are set up during the first 3 "P" days of boot camp. To transfer money to your other account he will need the ABA number and the account number....that is all the numbers at the bottom of your check except the check number. But he will have to be able to go to the bank branch on base to do it.

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Permalink Reply by Ana (Josiah's Wifey) on September 26, 2009 at 3:07pm

Eboni- If you look in the groups under AECF in this forum there is a group for ET/FC wives. Where to live options are covered a lot in there. We all help out each other so if you read thru and still have questions just let us know in there.
Also about the bank info did he open a new account with navy fed? They offer all the recruits a chance to sign up with either Armed Forces Bank or Navy Federal. We have navy fed and I love them. My husband said he needs to go and ask his RDC if he can go and take care of opening a new account. Then that money will be deposited. Unless you send him yall's bank info but he still needs to go talk to someone about putting that account as the one that he wants it deposited into. Sorry but until then there is nothing you can do and you just have to wait.

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Permalink Reply by Julie on October 3, 2009 at 4:37pm

When my hubby was in Bootcamp he didn't have a bank account so he banked with NavyFed when he got there. They didn't let him get a joint account so he sent me his bank card. He told his RDC that he really needed to call me because he needed to see if I got the card because that was our only set of income. Thankfully his RDC pushed him to the front of the line in phone calls for that reason. Then over the phone he told me the pin code. Hope everything works out!! =)

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