Happy Veteran’s Day!
We just found out through the magic of Facebook that Veteran’s Day has just passed us by. Ah the magic of the internet, mothers and friends who still say thank you after all the years…thanks for that, by the way 😉
We’d hate for a day that is so important to both ourselves and so many of our friends to pass by unnoticed, and it just so happens we recently got a question on the blog from someone who is considering becoming a pre-veteran…. Look, she’s considering joining up ok? But it’s Veteran’s Day so we had to stretch it here. A little latitude if you please?
Brittany asks:
“I was hoping you could provide me with some advice…My fiancé and I are contemplating joining the Coast Guard together after we get married and while we know there are never any guarantees we want to put ourselves in the most likely situation to be able to stay together. I just graduated with my bachelors degree and he is very close to completing his. We are both at a cross roads, not really sure what to do next because we’ve been in school our whole lives. In addition, we are both the outdoorsy thrill seeking type so an office job really isn’t cutting it. I’ve been doing a lot of research on married military couples and have received completely mixed reviews; however what it seems to come down to is what you choose for your job and whether or not you become an officer. Both of us are very driven and I wouldn’t want us to have to sacrifice career advancement to stay together. Do have any suggestions as far as how to increase our chances of being able to stay together? Any particular jobs that offer more opportunities than others? How did you guys make it work?”
