Aloha!
We just moved from Oahu (was stationed at Scholfield Barracks) and were moved in late 2000 to New York (I despise it here!). Now, I find out that my wife is being deployed to Iraq. She only had a year left in the army before we would have to decide wether to re-enlist or leave the Army.
I am nor faced with a few MAJOR choices. I hate it here, and want to move back, but it will just be me and junior. (I am retired/disabled vet.)
The question is do I stay here in New York and continue to pay $1000 month rent + utilites to live on base (yes, we really pay that! At Ft Drum, the housing is PRIVATIZED, that means we pay ACTUAL RENT to the Army, its NOT FREE ANYMORE - sucks bigs time, place we live in is $600 everyplace else!) while waiting for wife to come back, or do I now sell everything and move BACK to Oahu while wife is overseas and we have $2500+ a month coming and seek full time employment? I really have no desire to stay here, and if we wait until she leaves the military, we would have NO INCOME period.
(Our son just tuned 6, and will be starting first grade, I have been caring for him FULL TIME for the last few years.) Again, I will be here for at LEAST a year waiting for her to get out, which probably will NOT HAPPEN as they are FORCING people in iraq to STAY in the army against their wills (see http://www.military.com/NewsContent/...092704,00.html )
Also, how is the job market there? Again, I am GUARANTEED at LEAST $2500 a month while wife is in the army.... (so we have income and FREE health insurance + commisary priviledges). Son was born in Hawaii.
I am 37, not getting any younger, nor is my health getting better. I am concerned that if I wait much longer to move back, there will be no point because I will not be physically able to surf, bodyboard, skydive, and do the other things I enjoy because of my age.
If we move in the near future, I have the security of income + health insurance for at least another year.
We are debt free, and have well over $60k in the bank CASH.
Advice? Thanks.... my heart is breaking here in New York, I miss Oahu and Ft Drum New York is hell on earth for me!
God bless....
fivesolas2004@yahoo.com
We just moved from Oahu (was stationed at Scholfield Barracks) and were moved in late 2000 to New York (I despise it here!). Now, I find out that my wife is being deployed to Iraq. She only had a year left in the army before we would have to decide wether to re-enlist or leave the Army.
I am nor faced with a few MAJOR choices. I hate it here, and want to move back, but it will just be me and junior. (I am retired/disabled vet.)
The question is do I stay here in New York and continue to pay $1000 month rent + utilites to live on base (yes, we really pay that! At Ft Drum, the housing is PRIVATIZED, that means we pay ACTUAL RENT to the Army, its NOT FREE ANYMORE - sucks bigs time, place we live in is $600 everyplace else!) while waiting for wife to come back, or do I now sell everything and move BACK to Oahu while wife is overseas and we have $2500+ a month coming and seek full time employment? I really have no desire to stay here, and if we wait until she leaves the military, we would have NO INCOME period.
(Our son just tuned 6, and will be starting first grade, I have been caring for him FULL TIME for the last few years.) Again, I will be here for at LEAST a year waiting for her to get out, which probably will NOT HAPPEN as they are FORCING people in iraq to STAY in the army against their wills (see http://www.military.com/NewsContent/...092704,00.html )
Also, how is the job market there? Again, I am GUARANTEED at LEAST $2500 a month while wife is in the army.... (so we have income and FREE health insurance + commisary priviledges). Son was born in Hawaii.
I am 37, not getting any younger, nor is my health getting better. I am concerned that if I wait much longer to move back, there will be no point because I will not be physically able to surf, bodyboard, skydive, and do the other things I enjoy because of my age.
If we move in the near future, I have the security of income + health insurance for at least another year.
We are debt free, and have well over $60k in the bank CASH.
Advice? Thanks.... my heart is breaking here in New York, I miss Oahu and Ft Drum New York is hell on earth for me!
God bless....
fivesolas2004@yahoo.com
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