Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Email of the Day
A retired Air Force Sergeant Major tears me a new one:
Hey, it may be a dumb idea. But it's not my dumb idea. Actually, the Commandant of the Marine Corps wanted to enact this policy in order to control spiraling dependent costs in the 1990s. President Clinton shot the idea down, however.
For some reason, I can't find a Web link to that story, but I remember it very clearly.
Jason,
I gotta say that banning married recruits or imposing your restrictions on them is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. You may deserve a promotion. Sounds like some of the other hair-brain policies that float down from Wonkville.
Even in your latest example, the guy wasn't married to the girl. He was just stupid. And, speaking from the USAF side of the aisle, I rarely hear about these types of issues with airmen. It does happen. I just haven't heard about it with the same frequency that I have with the USN, USA, and USMC.
I know this is anecdotal, but I was married at 19 (E-3). I had pre-marital counseling. After I was married, my wife and I attended a marriage seminar at the chapel. It introduced her to the USAF way of life and what she could expect. It also informed her of what would be expected of me. We've been married for over 32 years now. I could not have been the NCO I was without her. And, her volunteer service to the USAF helped many an airmen, spouse and dependent have a better life in the USAF. Whether it was as a Girl Scout leader, working with Protestant Women of the Chapel (both in the first year of our marriage) or as Family Services Coordinator (40-60 hours a week-unpaid my last two years of active duty), she and many other spouses like her are a tremendous asset to the armed forces.
Here's what I have seen. An E-5 or E-6 having completed the requirements to become an officer dumps his wife after she has stood by him and "watched the kids" while he completed college. Or an E-7 or E-8 dump his wife who stood by him his entire career, because the old bastard is having some mid-life crisis as retirement approaches.
So, as an Army officer, you think that your guys can make life and death decisions on the field. They can decide who lives and dies. But, you don't trust them to make personal decisions affecting their own lives?
It's a sad comment. Maybe you should go back 40 years or so when the philosophy was, "If the Government would have wanted you to have a wife and family, they would have issued you one!"
I usually thoroughly enjoy you insight. However, you've got this one wrong. The troops may need more education, guidance, or counseling, but it's THEIR life. If they can't get that, the Armed Forces will have a serious problem obtaining or retaining manning.
Hey, it may be a dumb idea. But it's not my dumb idea. Actually, the Commandant of the Marine Corps wanted to enact this policy in order to control spiraling dependent costs in the 1990s. President Clinton shot the idea down, however.
For some reason, I can't find a Web link to that story, but I remember it very clearly.
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