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Will and I got married for the extra $1452 Navy pay
The story is interesting but not exactly accurate. It leaves people with a very skewed perception of Navy sailors and of HIGGINS. 1. You should have explained that HIGGINS was not the command that went after you for fraud. You criticize the ship for being hypocrites but in fact they didn't meddle in your phony marriage, it was your shore command. 2. The officers that you spoke about, the ones who got caught having sex on the ship got into quite a bit more trouble then just getting transferred to another command. They both were sent to Admirals Mast and received appropriate punishment. This lack of accuracy of this story makes me a little weary of some of the other stories you mention; are they true or is it just the scuttlebutt that you heard on the smoke deck one night on deployment? A LOT of rumors are passed around on the ship and only about 10% of them are even close to being accurate. 3. The military does NOT make bad people. Sure the environment is a bit more stressful, but freedom doesn't come easy. The military simply contains a slice of society. There are plenty of bad people outside of the Navy; adulterers, rapist, etc. In an office environment you may not know that your colleague is cheating on his/her spouse or is involved in other inappropriate or illegal behavior, but then again you aren't spending 24 hrs a day with him/her for 6+ straight months. My experience with the military was stressful and hard and at times I thought it was unfair, but it was an extremely satisfying experience. I wouldn't change anything about my time in the Navy. The choices we make and the experiences we go through shape who we are. As the NCIS officer pointed out to you, if you hadn't joined the Navy "you should have been lying in a gutter somewhere." So stop complaining about the experience; embrace and build off it.— May 13, 2008 9:37 a.m.