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Originally Posted by Giantone
I never served but I have 2 daughters married to military men ,1 Army .1 Marine . The guys both love it ...and they are good at it but as a father and grandfather I will tell you it's a tuff life . You move and have no control over where you go or really what you do till you have been in a while .Recruiters don't lie but there is a fine line between lying and just not giving you the whole truth .When you pick your MOS does he tell you what you want to hear or the truth .Also our present government and I mean both parties are not very caring of military families as of late ,when the government shut down they had to pass a special law to pay the military and unless you move up the ranks the pay for a family man is that great it is hard work .You will be separated from your family ,can you take that , can they ?I think it's a good life if you are willing to work .
Marine son in law will leave on a unaccompanied tour of 1 year to Japan
it's his first assignment after re-enlisting (has 12 years now) and he has been station in Okinawa and Egypt ,they have lived in Cherry Point , NC Camp Pendleton CA, and Quantico VA .Army son in-law is a member of the 82nd airborne Fort Bragg NC ,is on call for 18 months and not allowed more than 150 miles from base when called from the time he reports he will have what they call "boots on the ground " in 24 hours anywhere in the world .He has served two tours in Afghanistan already and they tried to give him a third before he even finish the second and they stopped it .Ft Bragg NC, Fort Lenard Wood MO and back to Bragg .Both have their degrees and one daughter got hers through the military .It has it's ups and downs and as a Dad I get worried but it is their life . Don't know if it helps or not just a different view .
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Yeah that's the other thing, the moving. I know a family that in a short span of years (about 3), lived in Germany, North Carolina, New York and Maryland. If you have school aged kids that can be extremely difficult on them because it doesn't give them a chance to form bonds and lay down roots anywhere. As soon as they make friends, they have to leave.