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Don't marry young!
The military life in and of it's self is not good on young people who marry.
The young wife is taken from all she knows and plopped down at some military base in a state she's never been to. Add a child and hubby deployed, the sob story starts. A young wife with no kids? The trips out for company starts.
The larger military units do a fairly good job with family support. SF can be kind of hit and miss.
But that is because of the wives. A conventional unit has a large number of "real" young wives. Just based on age and training of the soldiers I'd bet the young SF wives are a good 5 years older than conventional wives. Add in that the older wives do fairly well while hubby is gone. It's the getting backpart that's hard.
When you pick a mate for a military life find one that can and has lived on her own and can get things done without you. Those young child brides fresh out of high school need a few years of seasoning.
A bad girl friend who dumps you is like a splinter. Pull it out, spit on it, wipe it off and drive on. Plenty of fish in the sea, just set a new hook in a better spot.
Pete
+2 and holding.
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