Military Family Advice
Hi everyone! I am 23 years old as a ftm and a sahm to a 9month old baby girl. My fiancé has wanted to join the military since we were 18 but i always said no. I feel bad as he has always supported me in whatever i wanted. I now want to return the favor and have encouraged him instead of shutting it down. Im worried about how the world is right now. Any military families here? Any advice? What life would look like ?
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As a veteran turned anti war activist I would switch back to seriously discouraging it. There’s just too much information available right now to excuse it, I mean we all know how bad western imperialism has gotten and should know how immoral the military industrial complex is. In my opinion joining at all is kinda a moral stain on you but especially right now seeing everything going on
My husband and I are dual military. We are in the National Guard. It’s one weekend a month and two week training during usually the summer time. My husband and I have been in 8 years and it has helped us mature, helped us financially, and has has helped our confidence. Plus I was able to go to college at no cost to me- and they paid off what I had for student loans from before I joined.
The hardest part is that in addition to annual summer training, there may be military schools, deployments, and for the guard they do disaster relief (they will ask ahead of time for volunteers) I have 3 littles and being home by myself can be so tough when my husband is away. There is so much uncertainty but remember the media skews reality.
In the end, if you’re nervous about it after doing your research then I wouldn’t do it. It’s hard to get out of the military once you’re in.
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