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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you react as a parent today when your kid says they are thinking of joining either the Marines or the military.[/quote]

Absolutely not.

Do not make me shoot you in the foot.

Members of the military are honorable people who are horrifically exploited by our government. [/quote]

I mean, sure but my husband makes more than a GS15 and has a much better pension at 43 and healthcare for life. There is a LOT of sacrifice for it, but we're good with the trade off.[/quote]

The health care is complicated as once you hit medicareyou go on tricare for life and have to pay for that and it's a few hundred a month.  Tricare is not exactly good either if you have complex needs.  And, your pension may be good as an officer but it's not very good as enlisted.  I'd support my child choosing military after they got a college degree we paid for and as an officer.  Most military are enlisted, not officers and everything is not so peachy. [/quote]

We have children and I, as the spouse, have complex needs. We've never had issues accessing excellent care[/quote]

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