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>> Jangchub wrote: >>> >> >>>> >>>> I'm sorry that you don't think that being a Navy pilot and prisoner of >>>> war is a real job, Victoria. You don't have to agree that the US should >>>> have gone to war, but you could show a little more respect for the men >>>> and women who risk their lives in the service of this country. >>> >>> No, that isn't a regular job. It's a special job that people sign up >>> for and thank goodness they do. What I'm sick of is his stock answer >>> to all questions where he says, I was a POW, etc, etc,. We know. >>> There were thousands of POWs. There are still MIA's. Many thousands. >>> My point was not to diminish his military years, but to point out his >>> cushy life and how out of touch he is. He and Palin are wealthy and >>> don't need a penny. They are both millionaires and it gets me sick to >>> hear thata commando barbie saying she is joe main street. She is NOT >>> joe main street. >>> >>> He comes from wealth, was always treated as the golden boy and never >>> had a job at the local grocery store as a checker for minimum wage. >> >> If he never had a job at the grocery store, it's because he moved too >> much. He attended over 20 schools as a kid. He does not come from >> wealth, unless you consider a career military man's salary to be wealth. > > His father was an Admiral. So was his grandfather.

Still not a way to make money - you might be comfortable, even very comfortable. But that is it.

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Cheryl Isaak
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:

It is good to remember that Admirals come at the end of a long career of military service; they start off in the lower ranks, which do NOT pay much ( a lot more now than in those old days). Military folk move a lot, are unable to invest in buying a house, because you lose money if you sell in less than three years, so no home equity is built up. The kids have to be pretty versatile, moving from school to school, state to state and country to country. As soon as they are settled in, it is time to move again. My daughter attended three High Schools in four years.

On the plus side, one gets a very broadened education, by way of life experiences, and after retirement there is a pension ( calculated on the payscale when you retired, *not* the current pay scale), and health care.

Financially, it is not a profitable way of life, but I certainly would not have missed all the wonderful experiences I acquired as a military wife!

Gilll

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Gill Murray

This is true and you don't hold the record, our move to Canada was our

11th move in fourteen years. When a season changed, I automatically packed that clothing so I would only have the current clothing to pack when the inevitable pier head jump came lol
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lucretia borgia

We were fortunate, really! We only had eight duty stations in 19 1/2 years. Connecticut (2 yrs), Virginia (4 yrs), Florida (4 yrs), back to Virginia (6 months), Scotland ( 3yrs), South Carolina (I yr), Spain (2 yrs), Maryland (3 yrs until Paul's death

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Gill Murray

I'm a navy brat and had 3 separate first grades and moved again that summer. I was active duty Navy and saw 5 moves in 4 years. As a Navy wife, we had 11 moves in ten years. In that short time I got a college degree (BPS) and raised three children. My oldest is now active duty on the USS Ronald Reagan and has been out to see since May and will not return til mid November. I have supported and comforted his Japanese wife and helped her with her trial by fire. It is not an easy life.

I have letters from My father written to my mother when he was stationed in Antarctica and Viet Nam. I was Active Duty during the end of the Viet Nam war and had patients still in recovery from the fire on the USS Kennedy of that time. I saw things first hand. My father CHOOSE to go to Viet Nam as a medic and these are things that one never forgets.

I have been at the bottom of the military pay scale and am still in contact with friends whose parents were at higher scales. We all share a sense of PRIDE that influences our every day choices.

Off of my soap box, Bobbie V.

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Queencityxstitcher

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