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Biting the bullet soldier suicide3/24/2023 In a Family Action Plan written in 1984, the Army set out 60 issues, ranging from finding ways to prepare families for moves overseas to making it easier for Army spouses to find work. And, permeating every facet of family life, the knowledge that the mission always comes first. Military leaders have had to face the fact that there is little point in trying to induce the soldier to re-enlist if his wife and children are screaming to get out.Īnd keeping families happy has meant an assault on all those irritants that have plagued soldiers` wives and children since the days when camp followers trudged along with the baggage train behind the army of Alexander the Great.įrequent separations. ''After all that, we don`t want him leaving after a few years and going to work for TWA.'' Patricia Schroeder (D., Colo.), a longtime proponent of improving the lot of the military family. ''It costs us $1.6 million to train a pilot to fly an F-16,'' said Rep. Also, more and more, the service is forced to compete with the blandishments of private industry to retain its top people. Army brass is aware of declining high school enrollments. It has been a volunteer Army since the draft was abolished in 1975, and keeping the volunteers coming is a major concern. They have 600,000 children, half under 5 years old. More than half the 781,000 soldiers on active duty are married. If Uncle Sam has been taking an unwonted interest lately in such unmartial topics as day care, kitchen appliances and marriage-enrichment courses, there`s good reason for it. Campbell and across the country, say much the same thing. ![]() But dozens of other Army families, at Ft. ''But when they were alive, we were screwed. Edward Manion, told reporters the day after the tragedy. ![]() ''The Army has been great to the widows and survivors, now that our men are dead,'' Chris Manion, 35, widow of Capt.
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