Kinda Random thought on CAp/Military Marriage

[Pylon]

Not really related but.... Just before I ETSed we had a bunch of "cherries" get transferred in from Benning. One of them, just made E-2, showed up at the company one day with this woman. One of the sergeants pulled him aside and wanted to know "Did you bring your mother to Hawaii with you." because the E-2 was 19 and the woman was in her late 30's or 40's. Think Berta from "Two and A Half Men". No, that was his wife. He also had 4 stepkids one of whom was just 2 years younger. Your making 1992 rate E-2 pay, you are in the highly expensive state of Hawaii, you are 19, and have a wife and 4 kids to support.

Ahh, the fabled Dependapotamus.

[ol'fido]

I see you've seen that game before.

[SarDragon]

I guess at 2am I made no sense. Example is below.

John is married to Jane. John is a CAP 2nd Lt. Jane is a Sgt in the US Army. Both are adults. Obviously being CAP the UCMJ would not apply in any way. I guess what I am asking, is that with both being adults, one wearing officer grade insignia, the other enlisted active duty, what kind of experiences have you come across.

'Tain't no big thang! My Sweetie were both members for a while, and it didn't present ant difficulties.

I  still get folks trying to fang me because I have two DOD ID cards - a grey retired card, and a tan 'dependent' card. I am entitled to, and carry, both cards. The first of each was issued on the same day by the same person, so it must be OK. 

I have had many occasions of wearing a CAP officer uniform at my USN enlisted workplace. The first time or two, it raised some eyebrows, but the novelty soon disappeared.

The point is that once people understand what's going on, there's no need for a whole lot of concern.