I am a soldiers girlfriend so i know i'm not recognized by the military and thats fine. Currently my soldier is in BCT/AIT. I have heard all sorts of rumors about what happens when he gets out and I'm wondering if anyone can settle them. 1) I've heard that he wont know his orders or where he will be stationed until the day of graduation from AIT. I've also heard that he will know after he's done with BCT. The question is when the heck will he actually know where he will be stationed after BCT & AIT? 2) I've heard that he might come home for 2 weeks and do home recruiting and i've heard that he will have to go straight to where he is stationed. Also i have heard that what effects whether or not if he comes home is the mileage between his home town and where he will be stationed. Will he be able to come home or not? 3) I've heard he can live off base after he is stationed but the military doesn't pay for it like it was on base housing. Also i have heard that you have to be a certain rank to live off base. Will he be able to live on bas and do the rules vary from base to base? Any other insightful information that you can give me would be great i'm just a little confused about how everything is suppose to work and want to get some real answers. Tnx