Whats it like for a wife of a Airforce MP husband?

My husband is enlisting into the Air force as a military police officer. I wanted to get some heads up by other wives/moms that have their husbands also in the same career. I wanted to know general information anything from about family time, pets, moving around, etc. Anything would help! Also if your an MP in the air force if I could have some general information about the job that would be awesome too! I just want to hear the real stories from the people actually in it, verses the air force recruiters.


Thanks!Whats it like for a wife of a Airforce MP husband?
Ok, first I am not an AF recruiter. :)





First thing, we don't call our Military Police, MPs. They are all lumped into the general category of Security Forces (SF).





While I can't give you the perspective of a wife or mom of a SF member, I can tell you about the AF in general and a bit about the SF specifically, having spent a little time temporarily assigned to them.





I would first like to welcome you to the AF family. We are the cream of the crop when it comes to treating the family well, as well as our service men and women. Your husband can expect to spend the first two months in basic training. I recommend you write him often during that time, it is wonderful to know you have the support from home (I could never tell you how important it is, just take my word for it). After he graduates basic, he will be going directly to tech school, conveniently located at Lackland (just a walk across the base). While he is in tech school, he will be given his assignment. You will need to start thinking about everything you need to do to move your house to where he will be stationed. If he has an accompanied assignment, which is likely, the AF will pay for it. If he has a remote assignment, you are best staying where you are until he gets his follow-on assignment (a remote assignment is to a place where it is unsuitable for dependents).





When your husband gets his assignment, he will have a sponsor, a person of similar rank and marrital status to help with the transition to your new base. This sponsor will be able to help you with all sorts of questions dealing with the assignment and will be invaluable in helping you adjust.





As far as pets are concerned, that is your department... They typically go with you and can be expensed as part of the move (they are a part of your family). Some overseas locations have strict guidelines dealing with the importation of pets to their country. England for instance used to have a 6 month quarentine... I am not sure about now though.





A standard assignment for accompanied is 3 years, although you can put in your ';dream sheet'; at any time. You can even request not to be assigned somewhere else, but the needs of the AF does come first. More often than not, you won't move too often... 3 years is normal.





Deployments as security forces are possible, they typically last 6 months now, with a year between the time he comes back home, and the time he deploys again (unless he volunteers). Most of the places he would be deployed at are not directly in harms way. Qatar is a prime example of that.





The SF duties are mainly law enforcement in nature or Security related, guarding airplanes is always a fun (not) time. I can always give you stories about chasing rabbits in our vehicles or handcuffing fellow SF members to the chainlink fence, but your husband will be more than happy to tell you about those times.





Again welcome, sorry it is so long winded.Whats it like for a wife of a Airforce MP husband?
You can email me and I will be happy to answer some more of your questions. Latham_md@yahoo.com

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