GET A JOB!

So,todays blog we're gonna touch up on a soldier's family members and the positions they maintain.

Wife=Priority
Children=Slightly Bigger Priority
Siblings you never speak to=low priority
Parents who are too lazy to work= even lower priority

Ok, now that we have the chart memorized lets continue. When a soldier is deployed, yes he will make a slightly larger paycheck. NOT a gigantically large paycheck, but a slight increase. Now, when a person hears you get "extra" pay, they have a tendency to believe, that means WOOHOOOO! It doesn't. It only means that for a few months we -MAY- be able to make ends meet. It means that, if you add up all of the hours that soldier is putting in, and all of the stress of being repeatedly shot at, we will finally bring in enough money, to pay our normal montly bills and maybe get that Happy Meal we've been craving.

So, if you are the Mother/Father of such soldier, it is pretty stupid, selfish, and downright disrespectful for you to call the wife of your son and ask for money because your welfare check doesn't cover the cost of Marlboro's. We sacrifice, scrimp and save to pay even the smallest of expenses. So your belief that your son, whom you don't speak to unless you need something, should send you some of that "extra" money because you are unwilling to get a job is misguided.
They have these neat little places now, called Employment Offices. If you go in there, they give you a job and you can buy your own crack, cheetos, bobblehead dolls or what ever it is you desire. The perk of taking this approach, YOUR SON DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHOT TO RECEIVE SUCH BENEFITS.

Now, we've covered the parental obligations lets talk about siblings. If you don't speak to your brother on a regular basis, or you just pretty much act like he doesn't exist, you don't get credit for his military service! Its odd, how many siblings ignore their soldier brothers/sisters while stateside. But as soon as, they get deployed to a warzone, the main topic of your conversations are your Hero Soldier Brother/Sister. How you miss them soooo much, and you live in constant fear of their life. Every time someone brings up the war, its "oh what about me and my brother". GUESS WHAT CUPCAKE, THIS WAR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!
What in the world, makes you think you have a right to a pity party when your brother/sister is deployed? You didn't care about them when they were here, so why do you care about them now? If something were to happen to them, who do you think would be notified? Their wife or their nearly non-existent sister? Get over yourself!

I'm not saying, a soldiers family doesn't have the right to be concerned. Of course you do. However, waiting for him to deploy to care is a little off base.
You don't deserve his "extra" money, you don't get to take credit for his duty to country, and you sure as hell don't outrank his wife and children!

How often, a soldier is taken advantage of by their own parents is shocking. I have on multiple occassions received phone calls from parents requesting my help in getting a Power of Attorney for their son, without their knowledge. I have had calls requesting help in getting access to their sons bank accounts, and even a few questions regarding how to get an allotment for themselves. Even if I had any control over these issues, I WOULD NOT HELP YOU IN THIS AREA. That is between you and your son. If he will willing to get shot so you can afford that purple hawaiian housecoat you've had your eye on, so be it.