can my spouse accompany me to an ait that is 21 weeks long

Hopefully you already know the answer to this question. I have never heard of this happening; AIT is part of Initial Entry Training. Until you complete it you are not authorized housing or command sponsorship of dependents. Your family will probably be able to visit you when you are off-duty, but the Army will not give your family housing or any other benefits until you complete IET and are part of a unit.

Actually for AITs 20+ weeks the Army will move your family. Once you get to AIT talk to the cadre, they will take care of you. My wife went to my 9 month AIT and I see IET soldiers all the time at the AIT where I teach living with their family.

AR 614-200, Chapter 4, paragraph 4-5:

b. Soldiers will be advised that family member travel and shipment of household goods to schools at Government expense is not authorized under Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR) unless the Soldier is being assigned PCS to a school or installation to attend one of the following:
(1) A course of 20 weeks or more.
(2) Two or more courses for a cumulative period of 20 weeks or more at any one duty station.

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Originally posted by sinkler:
can my spouse accompany me to an ait that is 21 weeks long

Yes, if the Commander approves your request.

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Originally posted by That325iGetsDown:
Hopefully you already know the answer to this question. I have never heard of this happening; AIT is part of Initial Entry Training. Until you complete it you are not authorized housing or command sponsorship of dependents. Your family will probably be able to visit you when you are off-duty, but the Army will not give your family housing or any other benefits until you complete IET and are part of a unit.

WOW I did not realize how wrong this statement is, what are your sources?

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That325iGetsDown:
Hopefully you already know the answer to this question. I have never heard of this happening; AIT is part of Initial Entry Training. Until you complete it you are not authorized housing or command sponsorship of dependents. Your family will probably be able to visit you when you are off-duty, but the Army will not give your family housing or any other benefits until you complete IET and are part of a unit.

These are the reasons why I am skeptical about joining the Army. People like this. They come off like they know every thing and then be so wrong and you have to respect them, if they are outrank you. That was just uncalled for.

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Originally posted by NewArmyGirl:
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That325iGetsDown:
Hopefully you already know the answer to this question. I have never heard of this happening; AIT is part of Initial Entry Training. Until you complete it you are not authorized housing or command sponsorship of dependents. Your family will probably be able to visit you when you are off-duty, but the Army will not give your family housing or any other benefits until you complete IET and are part of a unit.

These are the reasons why I am skeptical about joining the Army. People like this. They come off like they know every thing and then be so wrong and you have to respect them, if they are outrank you. That was just uncalled for.

This is one reason why I am skeptical about new Army recruits. Illiterate people like this. They are quick to dispute bad information, and you have to listen to them or they say you suck. That's what spell check is for.

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Originally posted by EchoWitSkillz:

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Originally posted by NewArmyGirl:
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That325iGetsDown:
Hopefully you already know the answer to this question. I have never heard of this happening; AIT is part of Initial Entry Training. Until you complete it you are not authorized housing or command sponsorship of dependents. Your family will probably be able to visit you when you are off-duty, but the Army will not give your family housing or any other benefits until you complete IET and are part of a unit.

These are the reasons why I am skeptical about joining the Army. People like this. They come off like they know every thing and then be so wrong and you have to respect them, if they are outrank you. That was just uncalled for.

This is one reason why I am skeptical about new Army recruits. Illiterate people like this. They are quick to dispute bad information, and you have to listen to them or they say you suck. That's what spell check is for.

The only problem there is, spelling and literacy is not the issue. Bad intel is the issue. And in this case the soldier seems to believe strongly that AIT is only for IET soldiers. Must be they never heard of re-class.

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Originally posted by sinkler:
can my spouse accompany me to an ait that is 21 weeks long

What is your MOS? My AIT orders said 20 weeks and 4 days, but, AIT for 35M is never more than 18 weeks. And I got into the shortened course of only 16 weeks. So don't get your hopes up until you find out that AIT is actually going to be that long.

I'm not trying to pessimistic, but the Army has made me pretty skeptical. I guess you can hope that your family will be accompanying you, but just don't expect it. And there's always the option of having them move there (which you'd have to pay for yourself), but you'll still be receiving BAH for them.

Yea hehe I was just poking fun at NewArmyGirl, you better get used to it PVT.

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Yea hehe I was just poking fun at NewArmyGirl, you better get used to it PVT

Sorry no PVT here. Going in with rank. Prior service here.

Aww that's not fun. We'll welcome back. I'm just here at work, working here. I should get back.