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Army spouses … what is the recruiter NOT telling my husband?

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1 year ago
by admin in

Question: Army spouses … what is the recruiter NOT telling my husband?
He is 36, a firefighter and a medic. He is frustrated with his job / life and now thinks he should enlist. First, it was reserves, now he is being pushed for active duty by the recruiter. I do not trust the recruiter, it sounds like a load of BS to me.
They claim that wages earned in the Army are tax free, moving costs are paid for, medical insurance is free for the family and he would make ~$ 1050/ month housing allowance to pay our mortgage and ~$ 1450 a month pay. He thinks this is a good deal. They have told him he could be in Phyc. Ops, then something called 61Whiskey (some sort of medevac) and the latest is that he could get a Phy. Asst. degree in two yrs, with a 4 yr. commitment tto active duty! (Masters in civilian world.)
They want him to be driven to MEPS by a recruiter Friday night, test all day Sat. and sign more papers. I think this stinks and I resent not being given a say in this. I think he is being lied to and will be trapped into something he hates. Insight please???
I am not trying to insult or take anything away from those who are serving in our Military. I am just upset because I have two kids, 3 dogs, a house …. and I am facing having to do everything alone while my husband goes off to find himself. I am working on my teaching certification and would like to have us both settled in careers. I have yet to see the honest financial benefit of enlistment. Is it noble … yes. I just think that he is looking at this with rose colored glasses. I do not think it is worth my kids loosing their father to put our lives in the hands of some recruiter trying to meet a quota. I also read that the divorce rate is 78%. Is this really worth doing?
Please only answer if you have first hand knowledge.
Thank you!!
(medevac insurance)

Best answer:

Answer by Jack P
I am a soldier, i too was a firefighter for 5 years, you or him email me soon, im going to bed and will email you back tomorrow afternoon after work, i really want to talk to you or your husband about this. This is a big step and turning point in yalls life, get the view from the inside also.

The pay and medical benifets are true but with a catch, I cant explain everything here.

Could you please give advice on telling someone you like them?

1
1 year ago
by admin in

Hello,
I’m not exactly sure what to do:
Basically I really like this girl and there is a decent chance she likes me back, but she goes to a different school to me. The girl gave me her email address, but unfortunately her computer is broken at the moment so for now thats not much use. But for all I know their computer might get fixed tomorrow so yeah. . .

Her older (1 year older) sister goes to my school and I’m friends with her too. It’s the school holidays at the moment so I could wait two weeks and speak to her sister, about what she thinks (is this a good idea considering I’m friends with her too, or would it be weird to talk to her sister about it?) and get their phone number from her if she thinks it’s a good idea, or get her to pass on a message or something like that?

I’ve also looked up their family in the phonebook to call her but as I didn’t remember all the info I’ve only managed to narrow it down to 3 numbers, and that’s presuming they have a listed number. I could just go through and call them all sometime and hopefully get her. If I do this I don’t know what to say though (any ideas – we’re both 14 turning 15?).

So really what’s best: Wait two weeks till school goes back and talk to her sister and depending on what she says get their number off her or ask her to pass on a message (and in the mean time hope they get their computer fixed), or try calling the numbers to find her and then see about going to the movies or sailing or something (as we both do it)? What do you think would be best?
Thanks.

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