#re-enlistment

[stripesandrockers]

Was out in the yard walking the cat and saw this happening. Wondered what a shithook was doing at the top of the hill. The more you know!

[living-uneditted]

So tomorrow is the day. Anthony is going to resign with the army hopefully Hawaii is still an option if not hopefully somewhere closer to the west coast is preferred but who knows all I know for sure is that we are resigning tomorrow. Send good feelings our way!

[caitie-did]

I got an email from David today.  He's talking about re-enlisting.  I keep telling him that I don't care one way or another.  Whatever he does, I'll be here to support him.   

On another note: I can't believe its been about a month since he left already!!  If time keeps passing like this, this deployment will be over before we know it!!  :D

[armydollface-blog-blog]

Making those big decisions....re-enlistment!

My husband goes back and forth about whether he likes being in the army or not. Some days he loves it, but there are far to many days where he hates it. We had a conversation a few days ago about our marriage and the army. He told me that it's not the job he hates it's our DS (duty station). I have to say I agree with him. Now I don't mind being in a small town, but Fort Drum is a hell hole. There is nothing to do here (but drink), the only movie theater in town is closed for renovations and honestly the people here are terrible. There is really only one thing to do within an hour of where we live and thats our run down club and drinking. Not to mention the cost of living compared to our BAH (basic housing allowance) and our BP (base pay) is outrageous. We are paying $975 for an old crap two bedroom not to mention having to pay for snow removal, repairs, lawn care and all of our other bills. Hell living on base is just as, if not more expensive. [side note I realize that there are many other places we could live with an expensive cost of living, so please do not think that i believe we have it the worst.]

To sum everything up before I go too far into a rant we both hate living here with a burning passion. Well all of this lead us to a conversation we had yesterday about him re-enlisting. He told me he couldn't last two more years here. He told me he'd be willing to re-enlist for two even four more years just to get out of here. I asked him where he'd request to PCS and he said Fort Carson, Colorado. Now I looked into living there and boy let me tell you of all the military bases i've been to or lived at Fort Carson is one of the nicest, especially when we are talking Army bases. The housing both on and off base are wonderful, not to mention on base from what I have read they reimburse your BAH if you do not use it all (please correct me if I am wrong). The area has plenty of things to keep you occupied and well the weather, lets just say anything is better than Drum.

Now here comes the dilemma:

As much as I hate this place our lives are here right now and I am talking about more then we live here and have friends here. I am going to start going back to school in August something I have put off since we got married and I have a descent job. Now if we decide to do this (which in all reality we already have) it will come down to timing. 

We have some plans so far, but we do not know if his window for re-enlistment is open yet. So our first step is to find out when his window opens through his AKO. After that we need to decide what we should do. Like I said I start school in August so if everything ends up going according to plan i'll still be in school by the time we PCS. So I can either not go to school or I can go to school and then move him to CO when it's time and come back up and finish the semester or we can just wait to do all of this until my semester is over. So what should we do? We are going to do it no matter what it's just a matter of when. Ugh there is so much planning to do and so many decisions to make. 

As Army wives our lives completely revolve around our soldiers so i'd like to know how you guys cope with having your future revolve around the military. How do you make those big decision whether they are forced upon you or not? 

God Bless! Stay Hooah!