BEagle, you are right about DOs helping where it doesn't actually affect their plot.
When I married he helpfully rearranged detachements to become a posting thus entitling me to a MQ. Later, escaping from ISL on a 6-month sentence pre-release, he initially detatched me but on representing my circumstances I was posted and then detached. This was as money issues started to bite - 25 years ago! and it needed the agreement of my new unit to have me non-productive on the books for 6 months.