My Husband is in the idaho army national guard and got back from Iraq in Nov. 2005 and they just told them that they are going back in the year 2010.
How will I cope with everyday living of having to actually raise all five kids on my own? And paying the bills and the mortgage etc. I do not want him to go but they were told they are putting a stop loss on them so that they can not get out of the service.
He can get out in 2009....what are the pays for military wives and approx. how much do the servicemen make over there?
2007-11-01 09:42:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
military wives do NOT get paid unless they have their own jobs. you have three years to figure out how to save up enough money/cost cut in order to deal with the loss of his civilian income. You are lucky, you have plenty of warning so you can make adjustments. Some people don't have that luxury.
Nobody can tell you how much he will be making while deployed, the budgets for 2010 haven't been established yet.
2007-11-01 10:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From my experience, the military can barely plan anything later than 24 hours let alone 3 years from now. I would be surprised if those plans don't change a billion times before then. His pay will be depending on his rank and time in, but its all Tax free and he'll hardly be spending it there. So its decent money. He can always get out in 2009, then go back in later...if he really doesn't want to go.
2007-11-01 16:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
First off I salute you're husband and his service I pray he comes home soon and safe. I also have to say that you will have to be strong as he is a hero and his kids will need to understand he is serving so they and all of us can live free, freedom isn't free. IF worst comes to worst then you can always find someone else or get help from the grandparents. I don't know the pay as it is different now then it was when I was in.
2007-11-01 19:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have 5 kids as well and my husband is on his 3rd tour in iraq. i feel your pain, but its something you have to do being married to a soldier. my husband is active army and he was stopped loss as well. now we are going towards retirement and i am very happy. my husband is a sergeant and he makes about $750-$800 extra a month. I've never sat down and added it up really. We are trying to save as much as we can. Be thankful you have a few years dwell time. my husband deployed in 2003, 2005 and he just left in may of this year. we get just a year home and that includes all their training before they go. i haven't seen him at all this year.
2007-11-01 21:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by haikuhi2002 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, they gave him until 2010!!!!!
Count your blessings!! Most folks come back from one deployment and are sent out for another in less than 3 months. Trust me, if their wives can handle it you can too. Not to demean you or anything. Just to illustrate, my wife and I laugh our a@%es off at people who claim that they "can't live without" thier spouse when thier significant other is on a 2 week business trip. Try 8 to 12 months(6 months minimum) with the possibility of re-deployment in less than 60 days after returning, then you can make those claims. Currently we in the AF are looking at 6mo deployments and for certain career fields(like mine) 12 month deployments will be the norm. Still we got nothin' on our brother/sister Soldiers and Marines...Keep the faith y'all.
Again, not against you, but just illustrating what we as Mil members and Mil families put up with when dealing with civilians.
Even though you may feel that there's little hope, in fact there's a lot of support services offered to families of Mil members, and guess what; once he reports in he's on Active Duty. Even though his pay comes from the Guard, once he's deployed his status(and yours!) change. This means that you are now eligable for services offered to Active Duty Personnel and thier families. Everything from Health care, Dental, Shopping priveleges and Services are now open to you. Try the Family Support Center on your closest Military base. They can help out with job hunting, child care, and a whole lot of other issues that you may not have even thought of. In a pinch, they can also help out financially. The Air Force Aid Society, and other service equivalents, offers little to no interest loans to Mil Members and thier families in some cases for certain situations(you can't use this to buy a new sports car, but if your family car breaks down, and you need it to get to work, then they can help. Or if the deployment is hurting you financially they can assist you there). Have your spouse check into the services available to him and you. I'm sure you'll be plesantly surprised!!
2007-11-01 18:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, at least he has long breaks in between deployments. my husband went to iraq in 05 came back for 06 and left for iraq again beginning of 07 and wont return till march 08. you have no choice but to cope with it. although, with 5 kids, thats another story. my hubby was stop lossed as well. he does make a good deal more over there, but nothing to make you go, well heck i wanna go to iraq again:) good luck..but hey, you have a while and anything can change:)
2007-11-01 16:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by blakesgal 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Come up here to Canada, if you're escaping military service we'd love to have you. Seriously, many did it during the Viet Nam fiasco, and they're still here and happy. We'd rather you all came here than go to war. Maybe then we could get our boys home again! I'm not trying to be a smart a**, I'm serious, despite the cr*p between our Govt's, you guys are our cousins, we don't want to see you die!
2007-11-01 16:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
He knew what he was getting into when he sign up, sorry, its now time to pay the piper.
2007-11-01 16:46:12 · answer #8 · answered by niddlie diddle 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋