Do you like being a military wife? Do you like the benefits?

Answer 1

I like it. The deployments and TDY's are getting easier. I love the benfits, like being able to take my kids to the doctor when they need it and not worry about how I am going to pay for it. I love the commissary, and the BX, tax free feels so good :) Mostly I love the pride I feel when I think, yep my hubby is in the military. I like moving around since I get restless living in one place to long, plus you get to see things you probably never would have had the chance to had you/your spouse not been in the military. For example I am going to Korea for a year in a couple of months. That is something I NEVER would have done otherwise.

Answer 2

I LOVE being a military wife! As one of the other responders said, it's not an easy life, and it surely isn't for everyone! It takes a special person to be a military wife...one must be strong, independent in a way, and able to adjust to changes (that sometimes happen overnight). PATIENCE...I can't stress how important it is to be patient! So far, my husband's return date from Iraq has changed 3 times. Those are just a few of the things that go along with being a soldier's wife.

As for the benefits, I like the tax-free shopping on base. The medical benefits are nice, but dental is not included. Housing isn't FREE for us, but it's nice to have a "housing allowance" to help pay for a place to live.

The deployments suck! But the homecomings make up for that! The friendships that one develops during a deployment are LIFELONG, usually.

I am currently enduring a deployment, which we hope will be over soon, and while it has been hard and emotionally draining; I do have to say that it has made me a stronger woman. I know that since my husband and I have survived this deployment without any major mishaps, we'll be able to make it through ANYTHING throughout the rest of our life!

I would like to say THANK YOU to all those spouses out there that faithfully support their husband/wife who is the soldier that defends our great nation! This country owes you a HUGE thank you, that so often goes without being said! God bless America and those who PROUDLY serve her!!!!!

Answer 3

I have enjoyed being a Military wife, but I look forward to my husband getting out so we can settle down and not move! I told him wherever we buy a house at, we better really like it, because that's where we'll die! I have been married to him for almost nine years, and we have lived in four States and now Italy.
I love the traveling we have done! Not only did we travel all over the US, but now that we're living in Italy, I'm getting to see Europe as well! I'm 32, and the nearest I ever got to another country before I came here was Canada, so it's great seeing this part of the world. Europe is breathtaking.
I also like the security the Military has financially given us. We're not wealthy by any means, but it at least we know there is paycheck there twice a month, and no worries with the medical! My husband has been in for almost 20 years (He went in right out of high school at 18) so when he retires, we'll receive a retirement check for the rest of our lives. But the biggest benefit I think to all of this, is that he has been able to get his bachelors degree for free, and now with his GI Bill, his law school will be paid for when we we get out.
So yeah, I do like the benefits, and with the exception of my husband having to leave us every now and then, it's been a pretty good life!

Answer 4

I love it. I've been one for 18 years now. The deployments are hard, but you learn to survive. You become stronger and more independent. He's probably been away as much, if not more than he's been home. The homecomings are the best!!

The benefits are good, but they're not what people make them out to be. Unlike what most say, they don't pay for our rent or utilities, they help with it. We also pay dental insurance and depending on the work done, pay a good portion of that cost. Military insurance only paid $10 toward our daughters glasses. So yes, the benefits are good, but not the greatest.

None of the bad really matters when you're with the one you love. There's a great deal of pride in supporting a soldier husband. Watching people shake his hand when he returns from war. It's an honor to be the wife of a soldier and I'll stand by him always.

"Army wife....the toughest job in the Army!"

Answer 5

I enjoy being a military wife, I am so proud of my husband, This life isnt for everyone but it is a good one.

Answer 6

I was active duty military, and let me tell you, at Christmastime, those dear wives visited all of the dorms and brought us fresh baked cookies, brownies and pies. It was a real morale booster. Plus, many invited us over for dinner on the holidays.

Answer 7

i like military wife's , they are always in need of a little r and r if you know what i mean

god bless america

Answer 8

To an extent. The long amounts of time he's gone can be tedious, but it's nice to know that I have other military wives to back me up. And of course I'm proud of my husband!
As for the benefits, the medical is mediocre (I have horror stories!), the pay isn't fantastic (but it is nice to know he can't be fired unless he does something REALLY bad, lol), but at least we get two steady checks a month. At Fort Lewis, we lived off-post, in Lakewood. Now we're in Baumholder, Germany, living on-post. It's okay. It's fairly nice-sized, we have dual voltage, and of course Germany is an amazing country!
The thing about this kind of life is that as others have said, it isn't for everyone. Especially during deployments. Right now, most of our guys are deployed, so a lot of rumors go around...most of them true.
But it runs in my family for women to marry to the military apparently. My dad was a Vietnam vet (he passed away in '91), my sister's first husband was also military (first Gulf War vet, and Bosnia), and now me.
If they can do it, so can I. My husband will have been in five years this November, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Even seeing the ignorant remarks from people about soldiers being rapists and baby-killers, I don't regret a thing.

Answer 9

My wife was a military wife for the six years I was in the Army. (I'm answering for her because she passed away years ago.)

I don't think it was the actual physical benefits she liked so much as the close-knit family she developed with all the other wives and their families.

During the two tours in spent in Viet Nam (one TDY) it was this close military family that got hew through it all.

Bless You!

Answer 10

Yeap. wouldn't change it for the world. Not even the deployments bother me.