Army Wives Life: PCS Airline Travel Arrangements and Changes

PCS ing to a new duty station for the first time can be a little overwhelming, and answers to your questions may be hard to come by.   As in my case, Not all of my questions were answered, even through the FRG.

Yesterday I went to the Travel Dept. on Post to finalize our travel arrangements.  Due to our situation, we weren't too sure if the Army would allow us to make changes to our itinerary.  Our PCS orders have us traveling from our current duty station (Schofield Barracks) to our new duty station (Fort Campbell).

Since we have two vehicles, (military only ships one)... and our moving expenses that keep adding up, it was in our best interest to ship the second vehicle only to Oakland rather than to St. Louis (the closest port to Fort Campbell).  Then drive it cross country to our final destination.

I tried to do my research online, but couldn't find anything helpful regarding this.  So I'm here to share some valuable information for families, and soldiers in the same situation.

hint:  This can also apply if you wish to divert to another city to visit family.

GOD Moments: Living the WORD

Very often I have God moments.  A God moment is when I'll think about something, or ask God a question, and he DIRECTLY responds to me. (Click here for a full God Moment Definition)  Non-believers will question me, but it does happen to me.

For example I'll be driving in a car thinking of a specific situation. I converse in the car and pray to God about it, and immediately a car will pull up in front of me, with a scripture sticker on the back of it, with the APPROPRIATE verse that directly answers my question. It gives me comfort in the situation.  TRUE STORY, I kid you not.

OR... like today.... 

Army Wives Life: Relocating Tips for First PCS

Life as an Army wife can be difficult enough. But try adjusting to a re-location from Schofield, HI to Fort Campbell KY.... lol. It can be quite overwhelming.

Our family is getting ready to PCS for the first time in my husband's Army Career. We've been lucky enough to stay in Hawaii which is my hometown. To make things even better (sarcastically), my husband was sent to Fort Lee for several months prior to us re-locating.

So I am here in Hawaii, he is in VA, and we will meet in TN. Where do I begin to know what I'm doing?