Report AbuseOkay well join the rest of the world who has to figure out how to pay for school. I'm a woman and veteran and I understand the frustration. However, our county is in DEBT. We can't afford to hand out money to everyone. My sister is a military wife and most of my friends are. However, I will say I find most spouses feel entitled. You do a lot and we thank you. However, we can't fork over money every time you ask. Get over it and do what most people do. Get scholarships apply for loans and then join a group of us that will be paying off college until our kids go to college. Suck it up and DRIVE ON!
Report AbuseThis isn't for soldiers, it's a hand out for marrying a soldier, should have been canceled long ago!The above comments were taken from Yahoo News
I HAVE NEVER FELT ENTITLED AS A MILITARY SPOUSE!!! Also we did not ask. This was Secretary Gates brainchild. Once again what do you think we do? We apply for loans and scholarships. $6,000 will NOT get us our whole education. It covered 2/3 of ONE year of tuition.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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Drive on....Drive on... Huh. That is so easy to say. I try, every day to "Drive on". My husband was killed in Iraq when our son was 6 months old. Yes, I am college educated, but I have met many military widows who have not had the same opportunities and are now the sole providers for their children. After a life of topsy-turvy moves, deployments and any number of unknown factors that come with being in the military, a spouse does not have the same educational or employment opportunities as the average, non-military spouse that does not move around non-stop or who's spouse is in life threatening work environments. Our spouses do not work for AFLAC, they get shot at; run off the road; bombed; targeted. We worry about them every day and can barely sleep at night hoping they are okay and we will hear from them tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day...
ReplyDeleteI earned my education prior to marrying my military husband. I am in the minority as I married my husband in my thirties as opposed to twenties. I did not have to move every few years or months, giving up jobs or college credits or even thinking that I would be a stay at home mother not needing or having the time for a higher education. I, luckily, had that already.
What I learned, as a professional and as a military spouse, you do not always have the time, nor the means for both parties in the relationship to have the benefit of a higher education. A military job is unlike any other, no matter what anyone may think. The only simplicity is in the pure love and dedication to your military spouse, your children and the selfless abandon that is required.
No one elses opinion really matters. They do not know. Drive on Military spouses! Stay strong and keep fighting for whatever miniscule benefits come your way.