I salute the sacrifices made by our service families.I didn't have it rough in the Navy although living in a quonset hut on Mare Island that backed up to party people when the ship was in drydock was a new experience.
I was pregnant and sick so I wasn't taken with their parties!I moved home when the ship was gone for 6 months My baby was 2 months old.
I was Navy, after Marine Corps, too. MEG (before Air Force!).
My first child was born 20 April 1954 and the second one on 1 July 1955.
In that 14 1/2 month period, I moved from Parris Island to Florida - to two places in Rochester, NY - to Glendale, Ohio (2 places) - husband back from sea in Norfolk, so then to Norfolk - shore duty in Chincoteague, Virginia - where No. Two Son arrived!
Seven moves up and down and around and around...:))
Yes - I stood on that Norfolk pier with a baby in arms 11 months old and was five months pregnant, waiting for the ship to dock like you see today...