As others have mentioned, just because the military transfers you, it does NOT change your legal home of record. Your legal home of record is where you enlisted. You can change your home of record to where you are stationed if you want... but you do not have to. And being a resident of texas, I don't know why you would want to... no state income tax is a pretty nice perk. I was really loving that while I was stationed in new england!bburgi wrote: ...For all legal purposes though, my home of record will be Alabama.
Brian
There should be no reason at all that you cannot use your parent's address for your CHL while serving out of state. You will still legally be a resident of Texas, and you will be able to receive any mail that the DPS sends to you. I would imagine that you will have to make a trip back to take care of the renewal though unless ELB is correct and you can take care of it before you head out.
There are some nuisances that come along with having a legal home of record in Texas while living out of state, but they are minor. My driver's license expired while I was out of state. I was able to renew it through the mail without any problems and got one with no photo on it that said something along the lines of "valid with military ID" (it's been a long time, I dont remember the exact wording). I also got 3 jury duty summons while I was stationed out of state. Once while in Florida, and twice in Virginia. Each time I called in and explained that I was active military and stationed out of state... and was told not to worry about it and have a nice day.
The most uncomfortable situation was getting stopped by a Virginia State Trooper right after transferring from new york to virginia and buying a new car. I ended up with virginia license plates, a new york insurance card (new one had not come in the mail yet), and a texas driver's license without a photo. He gave me a good long look, but eventually decided everything was in order :)
Thanks for serving!