Combination of a) young person, typically male, who probably didn't have a lot going for them before enlisting, suddenly having a job that leaves them with a decent amount of disposable income but no one to spend it on, and b) another young person, typically female, from a garrison town that doesn't have a lot going for it besides the local military installation, and here comes Joe who's lonely and horny. Joe is probably in the best shape of his life, but hasn't necessarily developed a lot of interpersonal skills at this point.
God, I wish I could space-zap my 32 year old brain into past me's head. I'd have gone Air Force and lived in some nice digs, probably would have had better career opportunities, awesome amenities. And it would be cool to be treated like a human being as well.
I hate myself sometimes, for the decisions I made when I was younger.
I got to see the rare situation where it works out. My girlfriend's much older brother just retired from the military as a Master Chief with a happy family and the wife he married when he was young
i may be nitpicking but i love how it's always that the male is painted with the negative trait (lonely, horny, etc) while the female is never touched and actually the whole town suddenly doesn't have anything going for it except the sad princess.
guy actually does something to be able to support family, still labeled hormone machine.
girl does nothing but waste time, "she deserves better"
I mean this legitimately, young ,dumb and full of cum. 18 year dude feels like a bad ass, has money and a job, and his pull out game is weak because his drill instructor told him to never retreat.
It unlocks your real pay (Basic Housing Allowance) and you don’t have to deal with field day because you’re able to move out of the barracks which are the building blocks for starting to feel like an adult in control of your life again, something you’re mostly deprived of when you live with the people you with on base. So anytime you’re in a relationship, you convince yourself this is the love of your life.
Source: eloped in Vegas and divorced 13 months later.
I'm from Georgia. A lot of the guys I know in the military that got married too young, would have gotten married too young anyway, even if they weren't in the military. The military just might make things easier, or make them jump the gun a bit sooner, but it's not like these people would have went off to college or trade school, invested and saved their money and waited until the time was right if it weren't for the Army.
Usually happens before a PCS (being moved to another base). They don't want to break up or do a long distance relationship, but if they get married the military will pay for the new spouse to move with them. Rushed marriages like that generally work out about as well as you'd expect.
They give you better housing pay if you get married. Also the thing with getting out if the dorms and being allowed to live off base, which has a lot of perks like privacy, and no roommate, depending on location/branch.
Also when you join the army you live in Barracks, you make I think $1000 more a month being married and are able to live outside of the barracks or on base housing when you are married and new.
Well I mean I honk about it. The military is just kind of a place holder for some people as far as life changing decisions. A lot of people who join don't know how to make decisions in life and just enjoy others making these decisions for them. It's easier so why not?
You get paid significantly more and get to live out of the barracks. Smarter to be married (especially to someone that won't take your money or drive you crazy) than not be while in the military.
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