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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get your post.  It almost seems like a brag.  Between an officer and teacher you both do very well.  You have low cost to free health care and a large housing allowance.  And, low cost child care.  Try being enlisted.  Most aren't saving tuition and they are using their max housing allowance.  And, sometimes luxury vehicles from what I learned aren't that much more than a regular one.  You make officers wives look really bad.

And, if you are enlisted the pension is a joke.  My enlisted retired spouse gets about $1K a month.  Minus the annuity, taxes, and health insurance its pretty much nothing.  And, yes, now he makes more than most of the officers who are retired as he planned really well for retirement as we didn't have the pension to live off of.[/quote]

This is a mean spirited snd unhelpful response. Your response is mean spirited and you sound very insecure.

Yes, many military families don’t save heavily for school or retirement and live paycheck to paycheck regardless of rank. Good for you and your husband for saving for kids education and continuing to work. Many military families end up retiring to a lower cost of living and don’t provide significantly for kids education yet qualify for a lot of financial aid due to lack of savings/income in retirement. Many kids go on to get rotc scholarships or attend state schools etc or mom can finally go back to work near retirement and financially help out. But many just go on to have second careers and few are able to retire in early 50s etc.

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