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Just goes to show, there’s always something worse.

Yep! I saw a wife spend her husband's re-enlistment bonus on a motorcycle for her boyfriend. The stories I could tell.

My last long cruise was nearly 8 months on Eisenhower. The final two weeks were when the "Dear John" emails began arriving. The divorce notices arrive. That's when you really have to keep an eye on your shipmates. Some of them left problems at home when they deployed that they soon have to face. Others are returning to homes far different than they ones they left behind. The last couple of weeks on cruise are critical, something I regularly remind my sailors of.

Yep! I saw a wife spend her husband's re-enlistment bonus on a motorcycle for her boyfriend. The stories I could tell.

I have a good friend who is a former Marine (LAV guy). Decided to not get married until he'd gotten out, a big reason being that the local strip clubs where he was based had a turnover cycle that correlated perfectly with deployments. Marines would go out on float, wives/girlfriends would hit the clubs to "supplement" their income.