Ok one last question and I know this is noob. In the event that I don't get into base housing I DO have a 20L tank that will shoehorn into a location in where I am now so I'm just wondering if that would be ok for a year or is that just wishful thinking for a boa?

I will NOT do anything to compromise the health of an animal just because I couldn't wait for a year, if it came down to it I'd wait rather than get one now and not have room when the animal needed it, this is why I ask. And no, there is no question that I'll be moving in a year, that is set in stone because that's when I get out of the Air Force.