Violating F-1 status while AOS pending

[kannor]

I have been in the U.S on a F-1 visa for almost two years now. I got married to my husband (U.S citizen) this September, and filed for AOS November 16 (ten days ago). I have not yet received a receipt. My husband is in the Marine Corps and will be stationed out of state for 8 months, and I want to move with him. That would mean that I would violate my student status, since I would not be physically present in class. I asked the International student coordinator if I could take all the classes ( I have one more semester until I graduate) online, and that way live with my husband, but she said that that will violate the regulations. She said that it was up to me if I wanted to change my status with the school from F-1 to "Permanent resident pending" and that way be able to take all the classes online, but she could not say what the consequences it would have regarding my AOS. I really don't want to risk being reported as "violating my F-1 status" since it is so close to filing my I-485, but at the same time we can't afford to live in two places anymore (we lived apart the last 6 months also due to my student status), Anyone that has been in the same situation? Any ideas?