Family?

[gosho4]

I have a few questions for those of you that have Families and Im sorry if its personal but Im interested becouse Im thinking of joining the Army but dont want to not get married.

If any of you are married How do you do it? I mean are you allowed when on Garrison Duty to live at home? And if not is your family allowed to live on base?How much Actual time is spend on Missions and Garrison Duty? And Is it something like a few months Garrison with some Mission and then some Garrison again?...


Please Answer only if you are confertable and dont flame me since Im not making you do it.

 

[Tpr.Orange]

Your best bet is to go to you recruiting center. Ask them they are people just like you and i and can answer to the best of their ability.

 

[pvandoremalen]

Best advice you‘ll ever get. Stay single as long as you can if your making the Army your profession. Its a worry i can do without.

 

[gosho4]

Thats the problem I want to make a Family I dont wanna wait till Im 35 or 40

 

[TuRkIsH]

I‘ve always wondered the same thing how one would go about having a relationship by being away all the time. Or any relationship at all for that matter.

 

[Padraig OCinnead]

The army is as good a place as any to raise a family, or at least be married. Just don‘t worry about running out of time.

Living on the base in the married quarters is an option. It was verry popular when it was run differently. The rents were often close to half of rents downtown. They were usually run down a bit, but not too much worry. Now they are still run down a bit, a decade older but cost as much as any place downtown in better conditions.

Mission/Exercise/Courses "Time away" depends on what your unit or section is doing. If Navy and your ship is pulling away then you go. If you are an infantryman and the Bn is going on a six month tour in Bosnia, you go. Afterwards, depending on a few things it may be 2 or 3 years before you go again. The in between time is spent doing Garrison work or going on courses and exercises.

Or maybe just straight shift work in some office building, or mechanic at Base Maintainance.

Sorta vague but you never gave much to specify what you would be doing...


Slainte!

 

[AL]

I asked this question to an EX-CAR Sgt. at the recruiting office.He told me that in his 18 years in the infantry,he spent about 8 years at home.

I dont of course know how true this is,but you get the picture.

 

[Armymedic]

Army life in Canada is not what you see in the movies....and we are not the Marines.

When we are not deployed or on ex, we spend our Mondays to Fridays, 0730-1600 at work just like any other good public servant. We have most weekends off and if you do work weekends it is usually rewarded with days off. Last year was busy, I spend 5 months away on ex or tour(last 3 in Bosnia), and was given 12 weeks (around 60 days) of, and only 30 of that was annual leave, not including weekends.

The military is no better or worse then any particular job or lifestyle to raise a family. One bonus I find is I get paid better, and get more free time off (paid, of course) then any job outside the military, and because I love it, hardly the any of the bull stress that most civies have.

And by all means if you meet HER, then marry her it won‘t matter what job you do.

You guys watch too many movies.

 

[gosho4]

ITs not the movies.Its my Parents they trying to Discourage me.They just changed my plan on Getting in

 

[AL]

Your parents are deciding for you? :|

 

[Spr.Earl]

As as a Resevist who spend‘s quite a lot of time away,even before I got married at the young age of 38,I made sure that she excepted my alter life style!
Yes I‘m lucky I have a A1 Memsahib!!

It take‘s a special women to stayed married to some one in the Force‘s wheather it‘s Militia or Reg.‘s and I‘m one of those lucky men

When Afghanistan came up my Unit got a stand by notice to who whant‘s to go,Me,Me,!!
No Prob‘s from my wife.
But alas the Army of the East got it.

It take‘s a special women to marry a member of the Force‘s and I salute those who have stood by thier men and still do.

 

[gosho4]

No They dont they Discourage me and they made some points so I decided to go through Normal Univercity Rather then RMC.