(CNSNews.com) - As part of his commitment to build the military "force of the future," Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday announced a series of "family-friendly" initiatives to attract and retain "the best America has to offer."
"We are not Google. We are not Walmart. We're war fighters. But that doesn't mean we should not be challenging ourselves just like the private sector," Carter told reporters at the Pentagon.
He said the goal of the new initiatives is to boost the support provided to families so more of them will enlist -- and stay.
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Babies?
In some ways they're like Walmart. In addition to the housing allowance some of the enlisted ranks are paid so poorly they qualify for SNAP and WIC.
Females only, right?
Pay and allowances are getting better, but it's all up to Congress.
If you're an E1-E5 and have three or four or more kids, it's going to be hard.
It's not a free ride, as many would think.
My dad was Navy in 1948. He and Mom had two of us in the early fifties on his $60 per month plus allowances, which were in single and small double digits. He left the Navy in '56, for a civilian job at $100 per week. It was just as hard to get by, but they didn't have to move every three years.
Obama said i as a guy can claim pregnancy.
Why are they in the military pregnant?
In 1956 $100 per week was really good money around here. In 1970 I made $85 a week a d managed to get by.
I was on a ship in 1979, ready to be transferred to a stateside command for my next tour. The year I left the ship, women were brought onboard for the first time. In the first year, half of them were pregnant and sent to shore duty.
Of course they should breastfeed. Our military is our first line of defense and our boys need to keep their strength up.
Coming soon....a MILSPEC pump in olive drab, camo and battleship gray.
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