{"id":68725,"date":"2023-06-14T16:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/14\/more-could-be-done-to-help-dual-military-couples-dod-ig-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:29:57","slug":"more-could-be-done-to-help-dual-military-couples-dod-ig-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/06\/14\/more-could-be-done-to-help-dual-military-couples-dod-ig-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"More could be done to help dual-military couples, DoD IG reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 88% of all dual-military service members have been able to co-locate with their spouse, but the services have work to do to ensure they\u2019re balancing the needs of these families with the requirements of the mission as they make their assignment decisions, according to a report from the Department of Defense inspector general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dual-military couples serving in different branches \u2014 such as a soldier married to a sailor \u2014 are less likely to get assignments near each other than same-service couples. In those interservice couples, 72% were able to be co-located, compared to 89% of same-service couples as of September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department hasn\u2019t established a policy or process requiring coordination for co-locating dual-military couples serving in different branches of service, auditors found. It also hasn\u2019t defined how to measure the effectiveness of the services\u2019 assignment policies regarding dual-military couples, nor have the services developed their own metrics, auditors found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service officials haven\u2019t provided any data to DoD about assignment policy exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout measuring the effectiveness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/09\/23\/air-forces-new-job-assignment-policies-aim-for-flexibility-stability\/\" target=\"_blank\">assignment policies<\/a>, the services might not be fully addressing the needs of dual-military spouses, which can lead to a decline in the retention of the service members,\u201d auditors stated in the June 8 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also looked at the services\u2019 exit and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2023\/06\/12\/army-hits-retention-goal-four-months-early-says-top-enlisted-soldier\/\" target=\"_blank\">retention<\/a> surveys from October 2017 through January 2023 and found that the impact of military service on family life is one of the top reasons for leaving the military. Not all the services\u2019 survey questions had specific factors related to dual-military service members, so the auditors didn\u2019t limit their review to those couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny time we can keep dual-military families together is a good thing,\u201d said Kelly Hruska, government relations director for the National Military Family Association. \u201cDual-military families face enough challenges to their military service. The services should be able to coordinate to ensure families can be located at the same installation whenever possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were 77,432 service members in dual-military marriages. Auditors were able to analyze 70,539 of them; another 6,893 service members didn\u2019t have ZIP code information in their personnel records for the analysis. The Defense Manpower Data Center compared ZIP code coordinates to determine if the service members were within 50 miles of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps were able to co-locate the majority of active duty dual-military spouses as of September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>SERVICE<br\/>\n(active duty)<\/th><th>Co-located <br\/>\ndual-military spouses (No.)<\/th><th>Co-located<br\/>\n<b>dual-military<\/b> spouses (%)<\/th><th>Not co-located <br\/>\n<b>dual-military<\/b> spouses (No.)<\/th><th>Not co-located<br\/>\n<b>dual-military spouses<\/b><br\/>\n(%)<\/th><th>Total dual- <br\/>\nmilitary spouses (No.)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Army<\/td><td>23,365<\/td><td>85%<\/td><td>4,178<\/td><td>15%<\/td><td>27,543<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Navy<\/td><td>11,103<\/td><td>87%<\/td><td>1,610<\/td><td>13%<\/td><td>12,713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Air Force<\/td><td>25,364<\/td><td>91%<\/td><td>2,416<\/td><td>9%<\/td><td>27,780<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marine Corps<\/td><td>2,066<\/td><td>83%<\/td><td>437<\/td><td>17%<\/td><td>2,503<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b>Total DoD<\/b><\/td><td><b>61,898<\/b><\/td><td><b>88%<\/b><\/td><td><b>8,641<\/b><\/td><td><b>12%<\/b><\/td><td><b>70,539<\/b><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><i>Source: DoD IG<\/i><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data didn\u2019t include information about why dual-military members weren\u2019t co-located. Service officials told auditors that several factors may come into play. For example, some dual-military spouses choose not to be co-located for because they find better opportunities for career growth if they remain apart for a while. The timing of when members gets married compared to the date of their assignment, or the lack of different service installations within the same geographic area, can also influence such decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the recommendations from the DoD Inspector General\u2019s Office, defense officials agreed to include requirements to review and analyze statistics about dual-military couples\u2019 co-location; review the results of exit and retention surveys, and use the information to adjust policies as needed, according to the report. Officials expect their revised policy to be published in fiscal 2024, according to a response signed by Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Work will begin on the revised policy within a few months, he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense officials will also revise the policy regarding situations when the services aren\u2019t able to accommodate dual-military couples serving in different branches, as recommended by the DoD IG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving a higher level of oversight above the individual service career monitor\/managers will ensure that a thorough review has been done prior to placing interservice dual-military couples in different locations,\u201d Cisneros\u2019 response stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A greater percentage of same-service dual military spouses were co-located than interservice spouses of September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>SERVICE<br\/>\n(active duty)<\/th><th>Same-service dual-military spouses<br\/>\nco-located (%)<\/th><th>Different service dual-military<br\/>\nspouses co-located (%)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Army<\/td><td>85%<\/td><td>72%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Navy<\/td><td>90%<\/td><td>69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Air Force<\/td><td>92%<\/td><td>75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marine Corps<\/td><td>88%<\/td><td>71%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><i>Source: DoD IG<\/i><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the service branches have processes in place that allow dual-military service members to request being stationed within a 50- to 90-mile radius of each other. In addition, when an assignment manager decides that the branch of service can\u2019t accommodate a co-location request, the request is subject to a review at a higher level, based on Army, Navy and Air Force rules. This also applies to situations involving spouses who serve in different branches of the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The services\u2019 co-location review process when a request can\u2019t be accommodated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Army<\/b>: A division chief, typically a colonel, must approve a waiver when the Army can\u2019t co-locate a dual-military spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Navy<\/b>: The assistant commander of Navy Personnel Command, typically a rear admiral, must approve any assignment preventing co-location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Air Force<\/b>: The commander of the Air Force Personnel Command, typically a major general, must review any disapproved co-location request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Marine Corps<\/b>: The service doesn\u2019t currently provide for a higher-level review, but officials told auditors they plan to require a higher-level review when the Marine Corps can\u2019t accommodate co-location requests, and expect to have that policy updated by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the IG report, however, that updated instruction isn\u2019t expected to include additional oversight from a higher-level authority when the assignment manager determines it\u2019s not possible to co-locate interservice spouses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dual-military couples serving in different branches are less likely to get assignments near each other than same-service couples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":107321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":69,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,23,12,25,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3302],"class_list":["post-68725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-marine-corps"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"QXO2YGFDK5BO5GS5EUFO3CXFMI","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-military\/2023\/06\/14\/more-could-be-done-to-help-dual-military-couples-dod-ig-reports\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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