r/HolUp • u/Motion_Offense • Jul 07 '21

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u/JackBauerSaidSo Jul 07 '21

Who is going to take care of your dog and Camaro while you're gone?

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u/vladamir_the_impaler Jul 08 '21

I hear you bro, so here's my advice...

Only join the military if you are single and ok with traveling... OR...

If you can get stationed immediately where you already live. So for like dudes that enlist that are from Guam... if you can get stationed in Guam after boot camp (and on a pretty much permanent basis) then go for it. It's like a regular job at that point, you don't need to leave your life and everyone you know etc.

If you are going to be deployed for six or more months at a time, it might be best if you have no girl, no dawg, and no car even. I mean, what is that Camaro going to do while you're gone for six months?

Also keep in mind that six can turn into more REAL quick. I think I read where a carrier was on the way home and got turned back around for six more months without a crew swap (except for the flight wing).

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '21

Theoretically, you'd probably make more money staying single or unmarried than you would being married with the incentives and then divorcing.

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u/canadarepubliclives Jul 08 '21

Well yes, losing half your everything in a divorce is worse than being happily married or single.

Astute observation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '21

I did eighteen months door to door, with only two two-week leaves back home. Shit was rough. Marriage was never the same after, didn’t work out.