If I am discharged from the Navy, will they pay for me to move out to Hawaii with my husband?

Question

Or will they only send e to my home of record, and if the latter, can i change my home of record to Hawaii?

Answer 1

They will pay for your travel to your home of record or place of initial enlistment, whichever is the shorter distance.  

Answer 2

They will pay you, what it would cost to move you to your Home of Record, when you enlisted.

You would have to pay the extra cost yourself.

Answer 3

You will have to discuss it with the personnel office.  If your spouse is already there there should be not problem.  Normally they will send you to your home of record.  Hawaii is a wonderful place to visit but living there is so expensive.  Over 5.00 a gallon of gas.  It is your choice.

Answer 4

For purposes of the military, your home of record is where you enlisted, and it is apparently unchangeable.  Whatever it costs to send you there (privately owned vehicle gets you the most) is the most they will pay to send you somewhere when you are discharged, and yes - you have to file a travel claim to get it.

I always suspected that the reason they do that is so many service members would like to change their home of record to Nevada or some other state without income tax for the duration of their service.  It doesn't seem fair that you are stuck paying income tax to a state that you probably couldn't wait to leave as soon as you turned 18, but the many states with income tax have probably applied pressure in Congress to force the military to take this stance.  Note that civilian DOD employed overseas don't have that problem.  It's a lot harder to tell a civilian what state he is a citizen of than a member of the military! Even in that case, however, the military will only pay to send the civilian back to whatever state he/she was in when accepting the overseas employment.

Sorry about the bad news, but maybe it isn't so bad.  Houses and apartments in Hawaii are notoriously small.  You probably don't want to bring much anyway except your summer clothing and family heirlooms.  Cash travels easily, and Hawaii has all the big chain stores for whatever else you need.  See the link below for shipping costs if you have a good vehicle or furniture.  Those are two things that tend to be much overpriced in the islands.

Finally, a bit of honesty in case you have never been to Hawaii.  Hawaii has beautiful weather, but it is one of the toughest places in America to find a decent paying job, a reasonably priced home, a public school that won't horrify you.  You may want to travel light in case you decide to change your mind within a few years and seek better opportunities elsewhere as most people do after moving to the islands in recent decades.  Good luck, and thank you for your service to our country.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Jeeper has it correct. Say I am stationed in Washington and my Home of Record is Florida.  I find a job in Texas.  The military will pay to move me to Texas up to what it would cost to move me back to Florida.

Slug has confused state of residence with HOR (home of record).  You can change your state of residence willy-nilly.  

HOR can only be changed if your recruiter recorded it erroneously.