A rather stupid question

[MickeyMcD]

The only times you'll be required to take it off are for swim quals, FF applications and something else...can't recall exactly what. But as long as it's not loose like mine (or worst case, becomes loose because you lost 14 lbs there!!!) was, you should be good to wear it. As far as the whole not getting married in DEP breakdown....your recruiters are being damn lazy. I got married in DEP and there was no problem getting the paper trail handled, making it happen and getting that BAH/FSA pay while at basic (trust me...it's nice knowing you're raking in $1,000+ more than the other guys in your div) and your spouse will love that extra bit of income too. Now...that's not to say you can do it whenever during DEP. In general, don't let anything that would be considered "life altering" (marriage, divorce, children, etc) happen within 3 months of shipping because there's no guarantee that the paperwork will process in time and then you'll lose your contract. BUT if you're outside the 3 month window, there's no reason you can't go ahead and do a legal marriage to get the paperwork out of the way and do the big white wedding on your own terms. There's no reason your recruiter won't get the paperwork rolling at that point unless they're just lazy.