Are married couples allowed to stay together. When they join Army National Guard?

Question

It seems I must clarify. I was told that we would be separated as in sent to different bases. I would like to know if this is true or at least not in all cases.

Answer 1

Are you talking about if you deploy?  Yeah, they separated the married couples I deployed with.  It's a precaution so that it was impossible for them to die in the same incident.

When you're not active, which should be most of the time, you won't even be at a base.

Answer 2

When my ex husband and I were deployed we were at separate bases. We were in the same unit back at home and they also told us that we would not be separated. Actually, I saw him six times that whole deployment and we weren't able to take R&R together. I guess it just depends on your command and what MOS you hold. Due to mine I had to be at our AO supply point. Although later in the deployment they did allow one married couple to live and share the same hooch on our FOB.

Answer 3

No I believe they are forced to divorce and send their kids to an orphanage.

Answer 4

Yes you can stay together.

Regardless if you are separated from each other in division the National Guard is only a weekend thing unless deployed into war.

Answer 5

It could be true, I am not sure, but does it really matter?  You're only going to be separated while on duty, not when you're off, and since you're only working one weekend a month and two weeks a year unless "called up" it's not that long to be apart.  

And I'm hearing that in order to up morale, they are doing their best to put married couples together when they are deployed.  They even have special married couples rooms.

Answer 6

No. They must get divorced.