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Will and I got married for the extra $1452 Navy pay
AD NAUSEUM. It is a disgrace that this would get published, let alone get a cover story. The piece is whiny, and (at best) show cases her caliber as a sordid opportunistic person in uniform. Many military marriages fail; however, the author was never in a legitimate marriage, so she could never understand the pressures that exist in that situation. She complains about the Navy not paying her enough, however she fails to mention that she would have been compensated had she MADE RANK. Rank has its privileges, single BAH (one that doesn't require a marriage)is one of them. Don't blame the Navy for your lack of information at the time of enlistment. Don't blame the Navy for your lack of discipline and the fact YOU COULDN'T CUT IT in the military. Don't be upset that you got caught. Had you pulled this stunt at any other job you would have been charged with FRAUD ( a felony in most cases). I can go on and on. Thanks "MAGGIE" for perpetuating the myths that the good people in the military work hard to counteract. They already are faced with a severe antiwar sentiment, and to top it off, people out there think they give their lives in Service simply because they are too STUPID to do anything else. As author Stephen King recently put it: "I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that." To add insult to injury, it is also very poorly written. Go figure.— May 8, 2008 7:36 p.m.