Military families

My husband is currently enlisted, and I also served for 6 years. Both AF. I can understand how difficult it is when the member deploys! Soon though it sounds like he won't be doing that anymore! I'll keep you and your father in my thoughts and prayers!

I'm glad that you'll be there to welcome them home!  They'll need it.

Compared to the Army I'd have to say the AF is more family friendly, but we also have a different mission which makes it easier for them to be that way. I have to admire anyone who can stick out the Army till retirement!

I am retired from the military, as is my partner.

Rusty

I did 6 yrs in the Army; hubby is up to 10-ish now.  I went to Iraq; Hubby has been to Kosovo, Korea, and Afghanistan.  Speaking from my own experience, it really is harder to be the one at home than it is to be the deployed solider.

ETA: Current generation: Brother-in-law is also active duty army, and I had a cousin who was in but died in a freak car accident while going home to visit his pregnant wife.  Previous generation: Father-in-law retired after 26 yrs, one of my uncles retired after 20 years, four other uncles served shorter time.  Both my grandfathers and one grandmother served in WW2, at least one great-grandfather served during WW1.

You should add something for retired military. You may not know, but they can still be recalled for a certain length of time, even after retirement.  

My husband is retired from the USAF, was in the National Guard before that. My adoptive father was in the Navy at Pearl Harbor, my adoptive mother was a Marine, my FIL in the AF, my biological father was a Marine. We married while he was still in the National Guard, about six months before he went active duty Air Force and have been together ever since, going on 37 years now.

It made my vote wrong!!!! My husband is in the Army for 16 years now. HE also has a son in law that joined last year. We are about to move to Ft Knox.YAY x 100!!!!!!! this will be our last PCS before retiring in 2016. As much fun as it is going places , i am worn down now. Even this move scares me. I just want to go to sleep in this house and wake up in Ft Knox. I hate moving week.

My husband was deployed several times thoughout his career, but now due to health reasons they wont let him anymore.

My sil is in the Navy, he is set to deploy to the coast of Iran in a few months. When they were there last year Iran fired warning missles at the ship. He missed the birth of his baby girl and didn't get to see her till she was almost 4 months old. He will now miss out on her first birthday. The long deployments are quite the strain on my dd. She is hundreds of miles from us and has a 6 month old and 5 yr old to care for. She came here to have her baby while he was deployed last time. I'm sure that she will come out this time also for a visit. She gets quite lonely when he is away.