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Originally Posted by version13
While waiting at MEPS to sign my contract and receive a ship date, they gave me a ship date for the end of June. I repeatedly told my recruiter and the head Sergeant at the recruiting station that I am not available to ship until mid-August for other commitments that I have made that I cannot get out of. I even told the counselor this when he was finding my job.
version13
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Just a question V13. If you had to make a decision between this opportunity vs. your commitment? If it was a onetime deal - take it or leave it - what would you do?
One thing I observed after a career in SF; the SF life does not lend itself to the best family life. Most guys I know - me included - tended to put SF in front of family. Also, lots of SF marriages end in divorce (more I believe than the regular Army). Opportunities come, in many cases, just once in a career - those who take them regardless of the consequences to their wives and family were the norm in the SF community in my time. But things may have changed recently.
Each team usually had a guy who would not deploy because his wife was pregnant - in spite of the fact that these guys were doing the right thing by their family, they left their team a man short. This was remembered.
Mitch (still married after 38 years to a true SF wife)