They have pussified basic training

[Peaches]

Ryan, your daughter would be taken care of if you marry the mother or not.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by Peaches

Ryan, your daughter would be taken care of if you marry the mother or not.

Right on Peaches. The services try and make sure they do everything they can to support a military members family. It is very important to them.

[RyanLanane]

Todd, the training and regimen I am not worried about at all. It is the other things I mention that concern me. I's a pretty dramatic thing knowing you are going away for 24 months on two on year tours.. only to see your daughter for a month every 6 months during those time periods. That's if I'm with the mother..

As far as the Signup Bonuses I believe hey are intended to go purely towards education.. Technically what i am being right now is a 70K signup bonus and free college education - but if I don't go to college then I don't get the cash. He mentioned it is a new program and they might have put it into effect recently to assure recruits were using the money properly, I'm not sure.

Peaches, yes I know she would be taken care of by the ARMY/MARINES. However her mother is pulling in $10 an hour.. She would not be in a stable environment like she is now with a nice house and nice things. I spend my last dollar on getting her a new toys before I buy myself a Double Cheeseburger lol.. Basically two incomes are better than one. If I were to Marry Missy they pay for off base housing, groceries, electricity, water, any other utilities etc. All we would pay is Cable and phone. They also would be paying me the $1142 a month if I go in as E-1, my recruiter said with my past job experience E-2 should be no problem and he would push for E3 dependant upon my test scores.. which could push me up to E-3 and $1456 a month.

No taxes on anything BUT the $1456 a month. With all housing, food, etc paid off.. They could easily live off of $500-$600 a month, put some up for savings, and I would probably need some money even when I go on the two tours I assume ..

If we aren't married though, I woudl personally have to pay an additional $400 a month or so out of my own money for the off base quarters, they wouldn't count her as a dependant so less money for groceries, and there were other things that came up... Equals out to $700 a month or so roughly difference if we get married not including the tax benefits. I would make her sign a pre-nump as well.. Still, not the reason I imagined getting married for lol ...