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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-03 12:34 AM
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40. NO! Now is not the time to join the military
While it can an incredible boost for those with few options and it can even benefit those with actual choices...now isn't the time.

I spend 24/7 wondering if my husband is dead. I wait everyday for his 3 minute call that lets me know,for those 3 minutes, that he is alive...then we hang up and the waiting starts all over again.

He's tired, depressed, disgusted and angry. He's lost 40 pounds he couldn't afford to lose.

The govt. has yet to honor their part of the contract and pay my husband money owed him for serving in a time of war...and they pretty much have a "fuck you" attitude about it too.

On a bright note and something that made his day.....his watch broke and his "students" (my husband is one of the security trainers) pooled their money and bought my husband a new watch because "you are one of the few that treat us like humans..treat us like we matter"

My reaction is visceral and you have to do what's best for you..but PLEASE...you honestly don't know the cons...intellectually, maybe..but in actuality..you don't. You can't know the cons until you live this life.
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