[Antoninus]

And this writer is trying to make us feel guilty for this woman's own choices?

I don't feel guilty at all. I feel sympathy for the poor kid whose mother made such atrocious decisions in her life. Joining or remaining in the military and basically abandoning your children is not noble in any way.

[sauropod]

How is she "abandoning" her children? They are staying with her mother, right?

Be careful of the words you use. "abandoning" is a loaded word and unfair to use in this instance.