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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Straw man.  Base officer housing might not be that nice (though why you brought up enlisted housing I have no idea), but BHA definitely is.[/quote]
Married to an officer. We don’t have access to base housing. Many in the Bethesda area don’t. [/quote]

This isn't true at all.  You have access to base housing on other bases, but you choose to live in Bethesda.  You can go to Ft. Mead, Andrews, Bolling, etc.[/quote]
I actually can’t. Husband has to live within a certain radius of the hospital. [/quote]

You can live where ever you want.  The rule is for your husband, not you and you can live in a cheaper area and not just Bethesda.  [/quote]

Shut up. Even the military, for all its MANY faults, prefers to keep the servicemember with their civilian spouse. Hell, they try to keep dual military couples together.[/quote]

You were blessed.  We were separated two years because of it.  Sure, it's nice to stay together but it's not realistic for everyone.  Check your privilege but you were probably an officer family.[/quote]

Um. Enlisted or not, the military never expected your husband to live within a certain radius of his place of employment and for you to not. [/quote]

Actually, yes they did.  We couldn't afford it, so I stayed behind.  See how that works.[/quote]

Troll. You can't "not afford" to move on accompanied orders.[/quote]

No, we could not afford it.  I had a good job and close to retirement.  We needed my income till my husband could retire and get a job and start over working their way up which isn’t easy to do in your late 30s.  [/quote]

So you chose to stay for financial reasons. It wasn't that you "couldn't afford" it. The military would have paid your relocation expenses and given your DH accompanied BAH. [/quote]

No, we could not afford it.  Relocation expenses were not the issue.  [/quote]

You chose not to. The military gave your spouse enough BAH to live in Bethesda, because a servicemember with financial issues is a security liability. You decided not to. I get it! We've had to lower our standard of living because BAH didn't go as far in one place as another. But I didn't pretend we "couldn't afford it." [/quote]

Wrong person.  We’ve never lived in Bethesda.  And, enlisted bah is very different from officer.  [/quote]

Well, they gave you enough money to live wherever.

Do you think enlisted deserve housing like officers? Do you not understand there are benefits to be salaried vs. hourly, for example? Or that factory workers should live in CEO's just because you would prefer that lifestyle? Your constant insistence that things are different is weird. Sure, the officer lifestyle is different. Do you want it? Then go to school, get a commission, and make it happen. Stop whining you don't earn as much.[/quote]

Actually yes I do.  [/quote]

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