Ok so, I am currently in tech school and I am getting stationed overseas after I graduate in March. I am getting married in about 20 days and I want to know what forms does my wife need to fill out so that she can go overseas with me? I have the AF Forms 1466 and 1466D for medical and dental but does she need to see a military doctor and dentist to clear her? I've called numerous places on base and no one seems to have the right answer so im hoping that maybe someone has either done the same thing or knows what my wife and I need to do. Thank you.So what forms do i need to fill out to get my wife cleared for overseas travel for my overseas assignment?
She does need all of the paperwork filled out, but it does not have to be with a military doc or dentist. Once everything is filled out (and you are married and she is in DEERS) you will turn it into the Tricare office at your base. If there is nothing major, that is all the paperwork. If she has a chronic health issue (asthma, diabetes, depression, etc.) there is additional paperwork, but they will let you know at that time. She will need to set up an appt. with the Tricare office for a face to face meeting with the screening team, in which they will review the paperwork and do a quick record review. Most of the time, this appt. is VERY quick and very painless.
Don't forget to go to the passport office on base and have them send you to the base photo lab for passport pictures. She will need a no-fee passport with the SOFA stamp for official travel. Then, you BOTH will also need to get regular tourist passports for any traveling you may want to do. There is no more traveling on the no-fee passports.
Good luck!! Holler if you need anymore help. We've done this quite a bit!
ETA: Gentlemen, with all do respect, times have definately changed! Now, all dependents must have a medical and dental screening to PCS overseas, and then another one to PCS on to their next base, whether it be stateside or overseas. Too many folks with too many medical issues have made this a requirement now. Not every specialist is available at every location and they want to make sure any issues are provided for. And, considering that in the past 10 years I've gone through this 4 times.... I know what I'm talking about, as does Mrs. JVB, who is headed overseas as well.
ETA: Marine, We actually had to do the exact same paperwork that we had to do when we went over! There are some stateside bases that have limited services on base AND in the local area. Our current base is a great example. The nearest major medical facility is 5 hours a way. The nearest ER is 30 minutes, which isn't a big deal, except in the winter the road between base and town has been known to be closed occasionally due to snow conditions. Because of this... there are certain chronic conditions they won't accept here. At Barksdale, they are limiting the number of folks who children are ADD/ADHD and are under the care of a psychologist/therapist, as there aren't enough docs to service these kids and the schools don't have the funds for the special needs teachers and aides. For most everyone, it's no big deal, but there are times.....So what forms do i need to fill out to get my wife cleared for overseas travel for my overseas assignment?
If you are not married when you have the orders then you need to find out if it is possible to change them to accompanied. If so then she must go through a medical and dental (Alaska and Hawaii are the only two that don't require a dental, sometimes not even a medical is required for either as well depending on where you live - West Coasters don't always, East Coasters usually do). This will be a full medical checkup including a pap smear done within the past 6 months, all shot records. Dental records can be done at a civilian but all work needs to be done before approved. If she is going to a civilian provider that is Tricare approved then it can be possible, but it will depend on what base she will be doing it through. Navy for example does takes the records, reviews them with you and says yes or no. Army does it differently.
Once that is granted then she can apply for the Government No Fee Passport but she should also get her Regular passport (this is assuming she is a US Citizen, if not then you need to get into that country's regulations for foreigners entering, some can require a visa even married to a US Servicemember). The Tourist passport is to be used when not traveling on orders, for visiting other places as a Tourist.
ETA: YES a EFMP/Medical dental screening is now required for ALL Dependents and command sponsorship must be issued in the orders with their names on it to qualify for the PPO move and the payment of the tickets to that country. It is also required to get the SOFA stamp. It might not have been before but it definitely is now for all branches. We just moved back to the US from overseas and went through it.
she can see her regular dentist( I just did that today in fact) for that part of it. she must have a pap smear less than 6 months old and if over 40, a Mammogram
the actual OS can be done by appointment at the base clinic.. some make you use the Primary care Physician, I am being seen by a clinic that does nothing but screenings(tomorrow.. oh joy).
She ALSO Needs her regular tourist passport as well as the No Fee one that you have to submit for her. my new Tourist one took about 4 weeks( was a renew). a first time PP may take up to 8. my local post offcie gave me enough photos to cover both passports( 4) for the price.
Of course all this is moot.. you will have your orders in hand BEFORE you get married and thus she will NOIT be on them and cannot go with you any until you get over there and make the request to add her. this process can take 6 months before she can join you. so be prepared.
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No she does not have to see a military doctor or dentist to get cleared for overseas.
When you get married you bring your marriage license and Her to the CBPO (Consolidated Base Personnel Office) or whatever it is called to day in the Air Force. You enter her into the DEERS program into the AF computer. Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System.
THEN, you get to the Assignments Office and tell them that you want to elect the overseas tour accompanied by dependents instead of the unaccompanied (single) shorter tour. You and your spouse will be overseas for a 36 month tour rather than an 18 - 24 month single tour.
Where are you being stationed overseas?
ASSIGNMENTS section are the people to see to get your military orders changed to the ACCOMPANIED overseas tour.
AFI 36 - 2110 covers all Air Force ASSIGNMENTS. They have it in personnel and you can go to the Base Master Library and read it for yourself, too. Chapter 3 covers Overseas Assignments.
';Per Congressional guidance, the standard tour length for members stationed outside the CONUS shall be 36 months accompanied and 24 months unaccompanied (except for Alaska and Hawaii), unless the AF provides conclusive evidence to the DoD that tours at specific locations should be shorter because of the lack of support facilities.';
';3.6.2. OS Tour Election and Command Sponsorship. A member with dependents who is selected for
an OS assignment to a location where an accompanied by dependents tour is authorized (see Table
3.1.) will be counseled on the requirement to make an OS tour election to serve either the unaccompanied or the accompanied by dependents OS tour (see Attachment 20).';
AF FORM 965
';A20.1. OS Tour Election.
A20.1.1. A member with dependents must elect to serve an OS tour either accompanied by dependents or unaccompanied when he or she has accepted a PCS to an OS location where an accompanied tour is authorized (as shown in Table 3.1.), and election of such a tour is not restricted (for example, by grade or by a CSPL). The member accomplishes this election by completing and signing AF Form 965, Oversea Tour Election Statement.';
';A20.1.5. Before departure on PCS: A member who had dependents but initially elected an unaccompanied tour and who now wants to change his or her OS tour election to the accompanied tour, must be afforded the opportunity to change or make an election as soon as possible. This also applies to a member who acquires dependents before departure on PCS.';
You get to ASSIGNMENTS Personnel ASAP and ALERT them to your Marriage upcoming and desire to elect the Overseas Accompanied Tour.
Email me back: larrysmile @ yahoo.com
Best wishes,
Larry Smith
SMSgt, USAF (Ret.)
First Sergeant
On my last oversea tour in which my wife and daughter went, the only documents that they needed was 1. Military ID card 2. Passport 3. Shot Cards 4. Dependent Travel Orders issued by your unit (command sponsored). This was all that was needed to get on Military Air Command (MAC) flights out of Travel AFB.
Your wife does not need to be cleared by medical and dental (she has not military provided dental benefit as a dependent). The only medical item is to have her go to the dispensary for any shots required for the country that she will be taveling to. Tell her to ask for a military shot card. Any shots that she already has, she needs to take her civilian medical records with her so that the shot info can be transferred to her new shot card. Your personnel officer or personnel chief should be able to give you any additional details needed.
I doubt that this process has changed. If it has, it will probably be related to the specific type of shots required for your host country.
Another item you did not address, but just in case: Shipping of personal effects and storage of personal effects above the maximum shipping limit for your military rank. You are authorized a specific number of pounds of personal effects that can be shipped and stored at govt expense. Check with the Transportation Management Office at your training base for the amount authorized for the country that you will be going to. You will need to set up a ';move'; with TMO for any items going into storage and any going overseas. They will require multiple copies of your military travel orders.
Have a good trip and enjoy your tour of duty.
Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps-Retired\
EDIT: Thanks USAFBrat for the update. You are correct, in the past, dependents have shown up in a country with dental issues expecting dental care. It used to be available to dependents on a space ';A'; process. At least from the responses of the ';old'; ones, you can compare how it was when we had to do it, what it is now, and where the process is likely to be when you can be annointed ';old ones';. BTW - what type of clearance do you need to return to US? I and my wife do a lot of international travel and so far only thing needed is our passport. I doubt it is a classified material clearance - wouldn't make sense. Update please.
Mrs JVB - have a great tour overseas. Don't know if this is your 1st overseas move, if it is, enjoy it and mingle with the population by teaching English or some American skill that you have. If it is a return trip, do what you didn't have time to do the 1st time.
Semper Fi to the ';real'; head of the family who makes it all happen - our wives!
EDIT: USAFBrat: Your response shows how far ';down' that the US military has fallen in providing medical care to dependents on accompanied tours! Our overseas tours were in Japan. At that time, just about all military bases in Japan had a well staffed hospital or well staffed clinic. Dependents were a sought after commodity because doctors became bored just treating active duty military who were pretty healthy. Dependents and the very few retirees that used the facility provided them opportunities to treat illness not prevalent in the active military force and allowed them to gain experience that otherwise would not be available. About 1991, the DoD decided to downsize everything about the military especially the medical staff. What we see today is the negative result of that downsizing. One thing that I have learned working for the Pentagon the past 17 years in a retired status is that the military wives have a say-so in the Pentagon through their representatives. You and Mrs JVB are doing great in this forum by providing ';current'; and helpful advice to other military families. Don't forget to support the efforts of people like you who are battling with SecDef to expand medical care in overseas bases. Thank you.
I'm surprised your base does not have a liaison office for such matters. In that case, contact the U.S. consulates office or embassy to which country you'll be moving. Here's the website: http://www.usembassy.gov/ Good luck!
