My out of town daughter and her army fiance's wedding has been scheduled for this May for a year now. He "promised" me that he would have no chance of being deployed then as he was putting in his OCS packet/application as soon as he finished his bachelor's last August. That packet would keep him grounded for at least six months. If he didn't finish his bachelor's in August, then he could finish it in December.
Guess what? He didn't finish in August. With short term deployments, he didn't finish in December. He has now expected to finish that last class and put in the packet in May.
Guess who just got word of his deployment for the Monday after the Saturday of the wedding? Two days later! That means he will not be able to submit his marriage papers until he gets back from a one year deployment.
They are thinking of getting married during the week before the planned wedding date, submit the paperwork, and then come here for the PPD. What do you think?