is anyone happy with the army

my husband joined the army and i am looking back on the posts that i had set up weeks ago and MOST wives girlfriends etc. are dissatified. my husband will be an E-2 and his job is cable installer. is anyone's husband in this field and enjoyed it? is the life of an enlistees wife that bad?

my hubby is in the navy and i was in the navy and got out, the hardest part of being a mlilitary spouse is being seperated. my husband boat came home from a 7 month deployment in june and leaves for a 5 month deployment in january. alot of married coules get divorced after deployment, the best advice i can give is treat everyday as a blessing and write alot of letters,take alot of pictures. if you wanna talk im here,

The life of an E2 sucks! The pay is awful....well, any military pay is sucky, really.

the hard part is they dont have a set schedule. Sometimes he goes in at 4am and sometimes 6 or 7 and comes home anywhere from 3:30-6pm. I cant go to work because I have to put the kids in daycare since his schedule is unreliable. And now Im having his baby in Oct and he's leaving for Iraq on the 18th of Oct until Aug '09 so he's gonna miss everything. When he leaves the baby will be 2 weeks old and when he comes back he'll be almost 1. It's hard and we aren't even married yet. Then there's training where they leave for 2 weeks so you don't see him much

Quoting CatLuvr83:“ The life of an E2 sucks! The pay is awful....well, any military pay is sucky, really.”

is your husband still in the military?
does it take a long time for them to go from E2 to E3?

i know its hard, my hubby is an e4. we were both in and i was an e4 as well but when i got out we took a pretty decent pay cut, he missed connors birth. but thank heaven hes going to shore duty for 4 yeras so he won't be going out to sea. but yea e2 pay is hard... might i suggest
WIC,
Angel food (its a food program)
coupon clippings
penny pinching
BASE HOUSING

If you look at it money wise, yes, the Army blows. But I don't mind being an Army wife, I feel proud. It's just how you decide to feel about it and your outlook.

Quoting Connor's mom♥:“ i know its hard, my hubby is an e4. we were both in and i was an e4 as well but when i got out we took ... [snip!] ... yea e2 pay is hard... might i suggest WIC, Angel food (its a food program) coupon clippings penny pinching BASE HOUSING”

for the past couple of months we have been LIVING off of a 1200 a month since he has been out of work. is it worse than that?

kinda. my husbands an e4 and he makes about 1400 every 2 weeks. so if your hubby's an e2... you might make that much with BAH. but i def suggest gettin every available resource at your disposil(SP)...the way i look at it is, we pay our taxes and protect our country so we should be intitled to them lol.

Quoting Connor's mom♥:“ kinda. my husbands an e4 and he makes about 1400 every 2 weeks. so if your hubby's an e2... you might ... [snip!] ... at your disposil(SP)...the way i look at it is, we pay our taxes and protect our country so we should be intitled to them lol.”

so how long has your husband been in?

i wish i had been on when u first posted this. you will be struggling in the beginning. he won't get his regular pay until after he gets out of BCT and AIT reason being they don't give you the full amount because of the possiblilty that he won't finish. i use to be a human resouce sgt before i became a LT. so if you have any questions about active duty or what his options are i will be happy to help any way i can. i have connections all over so if you need any help please don't hesitate to ask . i'm a single military mom so if i can do it i know you can!