I come from a military family. My father was SF, then 82ND (FYI Ft.Bragg, N.C.), totaling twenty years. My husband was in the Army for fourteen years and wanted to retire at twenty, but he broke his back on a military jump, so the Army gave him a Medical Retirement. And...I was married before, which he was Army as well. My cousin was Air Force. And...my grandfather did WWII in the Navy (now deceased) and my B-I-L was Navy. My husband's uncle was Army, also.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS...
THE MILITARY LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK ? THE SACRIFICES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOLIDAY'S AND ANNIVERSARIES ALONE.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MILITARY LIFE DEFINITELY HAS IT CHALLENGES.
BUT...YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE MILITARY LIFE, SUCH AS IMPROVISE, WHEN NEEDED. HOW TO PACK UP A HOUSE IN A DAY OR TWO.
I come from a military family. My father was SF, then 82ND (FYI Ft.Bragg, N.C.), totaling twenty years. My husband was in the Army for fourteen years and wanted to retire at twenty, but he broke his back on a military jump, so the Army gave him a Medical Retirement. And...I was married before, which he was Army as well. My cousin was Air Force. And...my grandfather did WWII in the Navy (now deceased) and my B-I-L was Navy. My husband's uncle was Army, also.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS...
THE MILITARY LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK ? THE SACRIFICES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOLIDAY'S AND ANNIVERSARIES ALONE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MILITARY LIFE DEFINITELY HAS IT CHALLENGES. BUT...YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE MILITARY LIFE, SUCH AS IMPROVISE, WHEN NEEDED. HOW TO PACK UP A HOUSE IN A DAY OR TWO. HOW TO MAKE YOUR MONEY STRETCH FOR A MONTH. WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN, HE ONLY GOT PAID ONCE A MONTH, THEN THE ARMY CHANGED TO TWICE A MONTH. HOW TO ENJOY ? OUTINGS FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY. MY HUSBAND'S UNIT HAD WEEKEND RETREATS, WHICH INCLUDED HOTEL, MEALS AND ALL YOU HAD TO DO IS DRIVE TO WHERE THE RETREATS WERE (ON ONE RETREAT, WE WENT TO MYRTLE BEACH IN S.C. AND IT ONLY COST US GAS AND IT WAS ONLY 2-3 HOURS AWAY FROM FT. BRAGG, N.C.).
MILITARY HAS IT DISADVANTAGES, BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF GREAT ADVANTAGES. YOU GET TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WALKS AND YOU GET TO TRAVEL TO A LOT OF GREAT P,ACES. MY HUSBAND WAS STATIONED IN I come from a military family. My father was SF, then 82ND (FYI Ft.Bragg, N.C.), totaling twenty years. My husband was in the Army for fourteen years and wanted to retire at twenty, but he broke his back on a military jump, so the Army gave him a Medical Retirement. And...I was married before, which he was Army as well. My cousin was Air Force. And...my grandfather did WWII in the Navy (now deceased) and my B-I-L was Navy. My husband's uncle was Army, also.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS...
THE MILITARY LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK ? THE SACRIFICES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOLIDAY'S AND ANNIVERSARIES ALONE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MILITARY LIFE DEFINITELY HAS IT CHALLENGES. BUT...YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE MILITARY LIFE, SUCH AS IMPROVISE, WHEN NEEDED. HOW TO PACK UP A HOUSE IN A DAY OR TWO. HOW TO MAKE YOUR MONEY STRETCH FOR A MONTH. WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN, HE ONLY GOT PAID ONCE A MONTH, THE IT WAS CHANGED TO TWICE A MONTH.
I come from a military family. My father was SF, then 82ND (FYI Ft.Bragg, N.C.), totaling twenty years. My husband was in the Army for fourteen years and wanted to retire at twenty, but he broke his back on a military jump, so the Army gave him a Medical Retirement. And...I was married before, which he was Army as well. My cousin was Air Force. And...my grandfather did WWII in the Navy (now deceased) and my B-I-L was Navy. My husband's uncle was Army, also.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS...
THE MILITARY LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK ? THE SACRIFICES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOLIDAY'S AND ANNIVERSARIES ALONE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MILITARY LIFE DEFINITELY HAS IT CHALLENGES. BUT...YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE MILITARY LIFE, SUCH AS IMPROVISE, WHEN NEEDED. HOW TO PACK UP A HOUSE IN A DAY OR TWO. HOW TO MAKE YOUR MONEY STRETCH FOR A MONTH. WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN, HE ONLY GOT PAID ONCE A MONTH, THE IT WAS CHANGED TO TWICE A MONTH.
THE MILITARY LIFE HAS IT DISAVANTAGES, BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF GREAT ADVANTAGES.
SUCH AS SOME GREAT DUTY STATIONS. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN HEIDELBERG, GERMANY ?? FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE FOR THE BOTH OF US. I DOUBT EITHER ONE OF US WOULD EVER HAD THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY, OF GOING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S., IF WE WERE CIVILIANS BECAUSE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. IS I come from a military family. My father was SF, then 82ND (FYI Ft.Bragg, N.C.), totaling twenty years. My husband was in the Army for fourteen years and wanted to retire at twenty, but he broke his back on a military jump, so the Army gave him a Medical Retirement. And...I was married before, which he was Army as well. My cousin was Air Force. And...my grandfather did WWII in the Navy (now deceased) and my B-I-L was Navy. My husband's uncle was Army, also.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS...
THE MILITARY LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK ? THE SACRIFICES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOLIDAY'S AND ANNIVERSARIES ALONE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MILITARY LIFE DEFINITELY HAS IT CHALLENGES. BUT...YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE MILITARY LIFE, SUCH AS IMPROVISE, WHEN NEEDED. HOW TO PACK UP A HOUSE IN A DAY OR TWO. HOW TO MAKE YOUR MONEY STRETCH FOR A MONTH. WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN, HE ONLY GOT PAID ONCE A MONTH, THE IT WAS CHANGED TO TWICE A MONTH.
MILITARY LIFE HAS IT'S DISADVANTAGES, BUT ALSO HAS A LOT OF GREAT ADVANTAGES.
SUCH AS WE HAD MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE.
I come from a military family. My father was SF, then 82ND (FYI Ft.Bragg, N.C.), totaling twenty years. My husband was in the Army for fourteen years and wanted to retire at twenty, but he broke his back on a military jump, so the Army gave him a Medical Retirement. And...I was married before, which he was Army as well. My cousin was Air Force. And...my grandfather did WWII in the Navy (now deceased) and my B-I-L was Navy. My husband's uncle was Army, also.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS...
THE MILITARY LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK ? THE SACRIFICES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
I HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOLIDAY'S AND ANNIVERSARIES ALONE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
MILITARY LIFE DEFINITELY HAS IT CHALLENGES. BUT...YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THE MILITARY LIFE, SUCH AS IMPROVISE, WHEN NEEDED. HOW TO PACK UP A HOUSE IN A DAY OR TWO. HOW TO MAKE YOUR MONEY STRETCH FOR A MONTH. WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN, HE ONLY GOT PAID ONCE A MONTH, THE IT WAS CHANGED TO TWICE A MONTH.
MILITARY LIFE HAS IT'S DISADVANTAGES, BUT ALSO HAS A LOT OF GREAT ADVANTAGES.
THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL AND DENTAL.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF LIVING IN HEIDELBERG, GERMANY ?? FOR THREE YEARS AND GOT TO GO TO ITALY ?? AND NETHERLANDS, ETC. AND I DOUBT WE WOULD OF HAD THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY IF WE WERE CIVILIANS BECUASE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO TRAVEL NOW DAYS, ESPECIALLY OUT OF THE U.S.
YOU GET TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WALKS OF LIFE.
AND...BEST PART OF LIVING THE MILITARY LIFE IS THE FRIENDS YOU MAKE.
I HAVE FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD ? AND SOME OF THEM I HAVE KNOWN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.
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