Anyone out there stationed with their parents or other family members? Are there any benefits?
-Farva
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not if they live together
I love my parents very much. I love them much more when I live at least 2 to 3 states away. When we live too close together we just get under each other’s skin.
No benefits to being stationed or living too close unless they are elderly and need help.
I have a co-worker who’s dad is a civilian. Not quite the same I know, but he gets a load of money from his dad still. *shrugs* But thats him and in now way proportional to the rest of the military population =)
Only one advantage to this, there are no more akward forgotten holidays or birthdays. Seriously how many of you have had to make a call to your parents because you forgot to call them on Mother’s Day or Easter? LOL I hate those calls, cause I always feel like a total schmuck for forgetting.
Yup, forgot my dad’s birthday last year… that was awkward.
Mom’s meals and you can wait to the last minute to get Christmas, birthday presents because you don’t have to send them via the USPS?????
My parents make it a habit to follow me from base to base. i was stationed at SJAFB they move right up the road to Raliegh, NC. got stationed in England, they came to Visit for a month. moved to Pope AFB, they were still in NC. Moved to Moody AFB, they were still there to visit. now im in Korea, hopefully i can win some here
Another one that moved from Moody to Korea. I knew a bunch that did that while I was there. That must be the [i]other[/i] way out. I crosstrained to get out of that place.
I’m in the same unit as my brother, it has it’s advantages and disadvantages to be sure. Lots of confusion happens, especially since we are the same rank. Fun times.
My first base, got stationed back at “home”. Even worked in the same building as my dad. The good; mom’s cooking, she’d do my laundry occasionally, could sleep in my own bed on the weekends, and had a huge house to party in when they went on vacation. Down-side, my commander would generally brief my dad on my short-comings…oh well, mom’s a good cook
I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan for 5 years so it was kind of tough to see my family when I wanted to and because it was rediculous amount of money to fly my family and I back to CA we didnt do it very often. So when I PCS to Vegas… I think it’d be nice to be near my family since I was gone for so long… EH wrong answer. Sometimes its nice to have that distance thing goin for ya. The whole if I dont want to see your or talk to you thing is awesome. But thats just my personal exp for it.
Family is great. Family drama is not great.
But I still love them. 2-3 states.. yea thats about right.
I’m enjoying having a country between my parents and me. And it’s so far, it’s too expensive for them to come visit.
It was pretty nice when I was stationed at Andrews AFB and my Dad was stationed at the Pentagon. It gave me a place to stay when I was on break, and regular home-cooked meals.
me and my little brother were at the same base for a bit. twas nice on the weekends and such since we were so close.
Other than the first 5 years of my enlistment were with my stepfather being the CCMSgt of my base….
Things were pretty easy, got to go to a bunch of Chief outtings.
my family stills lives in mexico, so no matter where I’m station I’ll never live close to them
Unless of course you get stationed in southern New Mexico. I was, and the guys that were from Mexico were there almost every weekend.
Depending on the service you’re in, there’s always San Diego.
It was nice to be away from my Parents…Gave me a chance to Make it on My Own
Friend of mine went from being a ROMAD to a C-130 Loadmaster back during Vietnam. His dad was a senior enlisted guy (I’ll say SMSgt, but I honestly don’t recall) who, at the time, was a WWII vet still on active duty at Langley, I want to say. After C-130 school my friend got stationed at Langley and wound up flying a couple missions with his dad before dad retired.
Pretty cool, he said.
When I was in Korea, one of my guy friends’ parents got orders out to our base. It was really cool, because my friend helped his dad teach the Akido classes on base, and we had a home to go to for Thanksgiving and Christmas. That was pretty awesome. I’m not sure if there were any down sides for him, he never talked about it. But we all enjoyed hanging out with his ‘rents!
Free childcare…
AMEN!
I got stationed 5 hours from home.. close enough to go home on long weekends, but far enough that i don’t have unexpected guests.
I’ve got it pretty good really. I’m in the same state as my family, but a solid 3 hour drive away from them. We can visit each other easily for birthdays, holidays, etc…, but they’re not close enough to get annoying. But then again, I never really get mom’s home cooking…
my best friend at ramstein got there in 2007 with me. first base A1C’s, his dad got stationed there a few months later, SMSgt. he worked medical, his dad was services, which was cool because we could get as much of whatever we wanted on our meal card because they all knew who his dad was. and i got benefits for always hangin out with him:). he also had a place to spend holidays too, which was nice…
I got to celebrate Fathers Day with my Dad and Grandpa yesterday. I consider that a perk of being stationed near your family. That, and they help you move.
I’m just close enough I can go home on the weekend without leave, but far enough that I have an excuse not to go all the time. Unfortunately for fathers day I was working 12′s…
Honestly it was great for about two to three months and got. ackwards and really annoying. So long term no matter of fact some parties involved are bitter and not talking at this point. Eh sei la vie. Not there anymore. So that would be a big no
I work with a guy in Security who’s father is a DOD officer in the same unit. They get along fine and carpool to work. Also, I’m in the same unit with my brother-in-law, he was my supervisor while we were deployed and we didn’t have any problems.
a couple states is a perfect distance. visiting is easy and affordable but because of the distance it requires coordination so they can’t just show up unannounced.
… Maybe mom’s cooking is tasty? Less distance for Christmas gift packages to travel, thereby decreasing the chance of damage to packages?
That’s a tough one…
I was stationed at NAS “Backyard” (60 mi away) for three years, and it was “interesting.” Some time after that I was on the same base as my little brother, and he lived with me for a year. That was mostly kool, except when he tried to burn up my kitchen.
A Chief and his son were stationed at my previous assignment. I’m getting ready to head to the same base my brother is at.
Was living ~4 hrs from my parents when I was stationed at San Antonio… I agree with AmnGuido, it’s close enough that I don’t have to take leave to visit them, and far enough that they wouldn’t just show up. Of course, that’s Texas… so San Antonio to Dallas is equiv to 2-3 states in New England… was also nice because my best from from HS was stationed at Laughlin. We spent many a weekend hanging out
hm…. “best friend from HS”
Lemme see… my sister and I are best buds, so I wouldn’t mind her being near. My Mum is a physiotherapist – she always agreed to fix my aching back, sprained ankles and other injuries on a short notice (Mum is a priceless thing to have during combat training
On the whole, it’s probably different where I live than in the US, because here everybody try to stay as close to their families, as possible (and constantly blame the central for making it difficult), unless they absolutely can’t stand one another.
Both my parents worked on Ft. Knox as civilians. Well, sure enough the Army decided that this is where I needed to be stationed. Nothing like getting sent to “Ft. Livingroom”.
I served with my Brother (Army Capt) in the Colorado Springs Area I was at Peterson and he was at Fort Carson. He got out and life was pretty good having a younger brother and his family near by. As for parents I agree you need that at least one state rule.
I was at the same guard unit with my dad for about 6 years. No big surprise there, but we did get one TDY together to Korea, so he and I got to see quite a bit of the country and had a blast.
I live close to my in-laws…I’m at Peterson and they live in Denver. It’s nice b/c for one, I have a son and it’s good for him to have his grandparents near. And hey, can’t beat going to a home-cooked meal every now and then! And I don’t use a lot of leave…I think I still have like 40-something days of leave.
As a Mom, I love it either way! I enjoyed having Farva and Kaitie 5 hours away (Laughlin) because we could either meet halfway at his grandparents’ house or come to each other’s house when we wanted to. Had he not been stationed in Alaska, I would never have had the pleasure of visiting there and now I’m headed to England next Wednesday after 1 1/2 years of them being gone!! Mom doesn’t cook so no loss there for them!
I do know Farva misses hunting & fishing with his brother though. Can’t wait to see where they end up next so I can start collecting travel brochures and looking for a new home…just kidding, guys! 
As I remember, Barbie’s dad is a crew chief… is this PCS or has he retired?
re-thinking it, it might have helped recovering The handle from the control column that the maintainers held as a trophy…
asides, was Lawn Dhart on board as TDY… that could, with parents near by, serve plot complications.
Missing the last day or two, now I see…
He’s PCSing…he made Chief.
My brother station 5 mins away at lakenheath, it beens good. Having family near by for the holidays and randoms trips of awesomeness.
I lived in Virginia for 7 years, which was great since most of my family lives in Pennsylvania. When I came back from Iraq last year and my wife left me I moved back in with mom. Originally the intent was to help out with my gram until I got on my feet again, found an apt. etc… but I am apparently going to Asskrackistan in the next few months so the living with mom thing got extended from a couple months to a little over a year…cooking = perk, laundry = perk, everything else is getting on my nerves….I find myself getting excited to deploy to a warzone just to get away from my mother, how sad is that?
I’m civilian…
I live 8 miles from my separated-but-on-the-same-property parents and 25 miles from my in-laws, and I can say with absolute certainty that I would give my husband’s left testicle to live on another continent. Or…maybe…go into the witness protection program!
Got stationed at home for my second base. Stayed on base for a year until the maintainers nearly got out on some Saturday mornings. So I sucked it up and moved back in with the folks. This time I commandeered the basement. **lol** Benefits in this case was mom’s cooking ( and mine since I had full use of the kitchen once again) and ahem, making money off of the housing allowance. **snicker** I just had to help around the house as before. And make the occasional run to the commissary after work before coming home when my mom or dad had a request. Even though they too had base priviledges (dad’s a retired Army reservist). I did have to move out again so I can get my own place and privacy.
It depends on your family. I love my family, and so does my (USAF) husband. I would not mind living in the same State as them. I’m not sure about being in the same City though. (My Mom can be pretty bossy and I dunno what I’d do if she just popped into my house any ol’ time without warning..)
His family, though, are a totally different matter. It’s not that they’re bad people, per say. It’s just very awkward being around them. Someone is always made at someone else. You have to tread carefully. I’m glad we’re several states apart.