One Mother Leaves the Army; Another Stays
March 6, 2011
MELANIE writes:
I’ve been reading your website for about a year now. I came across it at a time in my life when I was struggling with a lot of confusion in my family, as well as with my own conscience. You have been an inspiration and comforting reassurance to the “traditionalist” feelings I’ve always had in my heart. My own mother is a wonderful woman and I have most nothing but fond memories of her throughout my childhood. Unfortunately she falls at the end of the Boomer generation and fell prey to far too much feminist ideology. She was a working mother. I am not. Needless to say I don’t think she always respects some of my choices and views. I would consider you a mentor. Women like you seem to be scarce in today’s poisoned society. I am 28 years old and have been married for four and a half years. We have two sons (2 years and five months). My husband is in the Army and is currently deployed to Afghanistan.
You may be interested in this article about a female Army officer who has chosen to leave her children multiple times to pursue her own career and ego. This story is sadly all too common. I served for two years in the Army myself as a vehicle mechanic from ages 21 to 23. I was young and confused. I am now willing to admit that I had no business being there in the first place.
My opinion of females in the Army in general is that there are far too many. Most are in jobs that they have no business doing. From my personal experience I can say that most women like her continue their careers for their own personal satisfaction. I fortunately realized my mistake, fell in love, got married, and am currently at home raising my children.
It breaks my heart to think of what her children go through year after year. I’m sick of seeing women like her praised for serving their country so “honorably” while simultaneously dishonoring their husbands and children.
Laura writes:
Thank you.
The article you mention is shocking. The woman speaks of being in the Army out of a sense of duty. She says she had always felt it was her “duty to go.” If the country needs soldiers, why doesn’t her husband serve? This is dishonest. Why not say she is doing it for the money and the benefits? I realize she genuinely loves her children and cannot be fully blamed herself. She is following the larger culture, which constantly speaks in lies when it comes to careerism for women.
Notice how the husband and wife stupefy and numb their children. The children are traumatized and they are placed in front of the television to distract them. Their parents feed their bodies and minds junk. Total junk. Would the hardship they would face if the wife were to leave the Army be worse than this spiritual and mental neglect?
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Paul writes:
I have been shocked for many years now about the situation with females in the military. What are those liberals going to do when die-hards like me (an older man willing to die in place of a woman) stop supporting them because the military is a big mess? They are going to become militarists. So I am seriously considering the idea of stopping all support of the military today. The military: for what, to save what, for my life and what is that? My life is nothing if not connected to a culture. Yet I am not allowed to have a white Christian culture or to prefer it or to have it lead. So why support those that oppose my culture?
I suppose because I have no children, I can be belligerent. But those with children and who think as I do, maybe they should do whatever the married founders did. Washington and the founders are the ideals, for me.