when you think of how many hours they work per week (especially combat arms), that pay is obscenely low even when considering the allowances. Even when I was not out in the field at a range or something, 12-hour days were the norm at my unit.
you’re right, that “nice” house your relatives are in is paid for by BAH, but they’re not building any equity in it. i don’t know about you, but I would HATE to still be effectively renting my housing into my 30’s. also, servicemen pay 100% of their BAH into on-post housing, even if they could get a similar house off-post for less than BAH.
most of the whole set up is rough, that’s why they call it “the service”.
I don’t think it is fair of you to call a potentially racist guy “ICE Father”. ICE is a federal agency with thousands of employees (some of whom might be racist). Whether you agree with their mission or not, your comment insinuates that all ICE employees are racist, which is pretty messed up.
Honestly, you all owe it to yourselves as an informed citizen to go look at the pay tables (available online) and see what junior servicemembers (especially enlisted) make. SPOILER ALERT: it ain’t much.
Add to that that military spouses have a difficult time finding meaningful employment. There aren’t a lot of opportunities post-grad software developers to find that kind of work in bum-f*ck military towns (ask my wife) as they move constantly and with minimal warning.
So maybe this dad is thinking, “I don’t want my daughter torpedoing her professional aspirations, living far away, with a guy who is gone all the time and doesn’t make much, aaaaaand that community has an abnormally high likelihood of divorce.” It is a hard life.
Is it possible that the racist dad also doesn’t want his daughter to get involved with a serviceman? I’m a vet and that lifestyle is really rough on relationships (high divorce rate, low pay, live in crappy places). Perhaps he doesn’t want his daughter in a long term/serious relationship? It isn’t right, but it happens a lot more than most people would think.
Y’all. Don’t pick-up magazines that you find in community/shared space bathrooms. Everyone before you handled their junk right before they picked up that magazine, then they held that magazine a couple of feet (straight line distance) away from their own butthole while they dropped a deuce. Also, it is sitting in a room literally swimming with bacteria and God knows what else. Just don’t.
Went to the beach with my kids recently… my kids started drawing in the wet sand when we first got there. My daughter was trying to write her name, my son (slightly older) wrote “POOP” in big letters.
Kids had the opposite effect on my situation. I needed to provide for my family, so I couldn’t just languish for years with stagnant wages. I wanted to give my kids a better life, so I jumped ship.
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If you’re going to pull this move, you better be hot.
Girl isn’t used to people standing up to her or telling her “no”. This should be fun to watch.
only bad people.
I hope they’re giving you some sort of hazardous duty pay or something for having to watch and write about this horrible tv show.
and dreams.
and a sense of self-worth.
stock photo, would.
when you think of how many hours they work per week (especially combat arms), that pay is obscenely low even when considering the allowances. Even when I was not out in the field at a range or something, 12-hour days were the norm at my unit.
you’re right, that “nice” house your relatives are in is paid for by BAH, but they’re not building any equity in it. i don’t know about you, but I would HATE to still be effectively renting my housing into my 30’s. also, servicemen pay 100% of their BAH into on-post housing, even if they could get a similar house off-post for less than BAH.
most of the whole set up is rough, that’s why they call it “the service”.
I don’t think it is fair of you to call a potentially racist guy “ICE Father”. ICE is a federal agency with thousands of employees (some of whom might be racist). Whether you agree with their mission or not, your comment insinuates that all ICE employees are racist, which is pretty messed up.
Honestly, you all owe it to yourselves as an informed citizen to go look at the pay tables (available online) and see what junior servicemembers (especially enlisted) make. SPOILER ALERT: it ain’t much.
Add to that that military spouses have a difficult time finding meaningful employment. There aren’t a lot of opportunities post-grad software developers to find that kind of work in bum-f*ck military towns (ask my wife) as they move constantly and with minimal warning.
So maybe this dad is thinking, “I don’t want my daughter torpedoing her professional aspirations, living far away, with a guy who is gone all the time and doesn’t make much, aaaaaand that community has an abnormally high likelihood of divorce.” It is a hard life.
Or he might be racist. That’s entirely possible.
Is it possible that the racist dad also doesn’t want his daughter to get involved with a serviceman? I’m a vet and that lifestyle is really rough on relationships (high divorce rate, low pay, live in crappy places). Perhaps he doesn’t want his daughter in a long term/serious relationship? It isn’t right, but it happens a lot more than most people would think.
can confirm, gardening is a great hobby.
Leftover steak? That actually happens?
Y’all. Don’t pick-up magazines that you find in community/shared space bathrooms. Everyone before you handled their junk right before they picked up that magazine, then they held that magazine a couple of feet (straight line distance) away from their own butthole while they dropped a deuce. Also, it is sitting in a room literally swimming with bacteria and God knows what else. Just don’t.
Went to the beach with my kids recently… my kids started drawing in the wet sand when we first got there. My daughter was trying to write her name, my son (slightly older) wrote “POOP” in big letters.
what, are you pregnant or something?
thanks for getting into the “way back machine” and tracking that down for us.
George doesn’t negotiate with terrorists.
Todd is gonna get decapitated if he goes to Colombia.
Depends on the situation. I haven’t had to bounce in several years, but I’ll do what I have to do to take care of my family.
Kids had the opposite effect on my situation. I needed to provide for my family, so I couldn’t just languish for years with stagnant wages. I wanted to give my kids a better life, so I jumped ship.