U.S. Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Zachary Van Nuys
“The Navy says that 52 percent of unmarried women and 45 percent of unmarried men surveyed said being in the Navy has decreased the likelihood they will get married,” reported the estimable Brock Vergakis of the Virginian-Pilot.
A military spouse who cheated on her husband with eight different people over three years of marriage — including one while she was pregnant with their daughter — has asked advice columnist Abigail Van Buren whether she should get a divorce.
Although I am a Puerto Rican Jew, I once was nearly married to an Egyptian-Muslim man. It’s up to the reader to decide whether or not it was for the right reasons, however unconventional.
In the military there’s a long-running joke about why people marry junior service members, and it almost always revolves around the benefits, mainly Tricare.
