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Information and editorial comments contributed by:

Roy S. Alba II, USAF, Retired 
RAlbaii@aol.com

 

Divorce And Child Support Are Eviscerating Military Recruitment, 6-11-05 ...Men are not stupid. They have learned that when they are patriotic and join the military, the chances are better than 50% that they will end up divorced and come home to a huge child support debt and perhaps even a jail cell on criminal nonsupport charges.... If a woman is married to a military man for merely one day, she can collect up to half his pension if she divorces him....Secondly, the best time to divorce a man is when he cannot defend himself because he is on the other side of the world....It is worse for reservists. A divorced male reservist can end up owing more in child support than he earns on his military paycheck....

http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/u-v/usher/2005/usher061105.htm
 
Just a few recent articles...
Soldiers' Divorce Rates Up, 6-8-05 http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_divorce_060805,00.html

If divorcing a military retiree, know your rights, 6-6-05 http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050605-115306-9371r.htm

Military Dads Denied Father's Rights, 3-22-05 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151203,00.html

Phyllis, its not the fault of feminists. Its the fault of those who were in originally in power...American men. They chose not to fight back....see how nice it is guys?  What Have Feminists Done to America's Fathers?, 6-10-05...there is a deafening silence from conservatives who pretend to be guardians against federal takeovers ...The late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN), a big advocate of VAWA, admitted that "up to 75 percent of all domestic assaults reported to law enforcement agencies were inflicted after the separation of the couple."  Most allegations of domestic violence are made for the purpose of taking the custody of children away from their fathers....
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7713
 
If a relationship between recruiting problems and divorce then don't encourage divorce with the financial windfall for mostly wives and trial lawyers with USFSPA .
In effect the military has caused some of its own recruitment problems by supporting USFSPA !
 
Recruitment & Divorce: In Search of a Solution, 6-13-05 There most certainly is a relationship between current recruiting problems and an increase in military divorces particularly among personnel who have deployed more than once to Iraq and Afghanistan...
http://www.fra.org/mml/index.html
 
So you don't believe DOD supports the former military spouses over their own troops? Take a look...
DoD Backs Changes to Law Protecting Former Military Spouses, 7-11-02
http://www.defense.gov/news/Jul2002/n07112002_200207112.html
 

Fellow male dupes, see how much your government thinks of you...USFSPA  gifts to ex wives in perpetuity, bearing the burden of the draft, & penalties if you don't register for the draft...Selective Service chief in state He seeks volunteers; says no draft likely...Failure to register can bring five years in jail and a $250,000 fine, Chatfield said. It also can block men from receiving federal student loans or jobs in the federal government, he said... http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1118469460284680.xml

 
What happens if he doesn't get enough volunteers? Selective Service chief in state He seeks volunteers; says no draft likely ...If the draft were reinstated, it would be different from previous incarnations, he said. College students could get deferments only through their current semester of school, not for the entire degree program...and of course there won't be a draft  
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1118469460284680.xml
 
More b.s. from the recruiting world? A pretty face on recruiting, 6-10-05 ...A spokesman for Marine Corps Recruiting Command said June 10 that the Corps would no longer release contracting goals because those numbers are only an internal tool used to gauge how well recruiters are doing. He said that number is not as important as the number of recruits who actually arrive at boot camp each month...http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-907244.php
 
Good news military Guinea Pigs...I wonder when their gonna make us the bullet absorbing experimental flak vest wearers? Navy vet gets $750,000 for injuries from prostate, 6-10-05 ...The procedure took more than 11 hours, compared with about three hours in a conventional prostate removal...During the surgery, Bruce Banks, 63 was strapped to the operating table with his knees apart and feet together, his hips tilted up and his head tilted down. He subsequently suffered nerve damage in his legs and left arm.  Judge Ronald Leighton ruled that Banks should have been told he was part of Dr. James Porter's medical education, and that the new technique could be riskier...http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Prostate%20Judgment

Grunts who served in Viet Nam..thank you...please turn speakers on & have Kleenex available....http://www.palletmastersworkshop.com/flash3.html

Is this how one discourages law breakers...make life easier & without consequences for breaking the law?...U.S. flying illegal aliens to Mexico City, 6-11-05 ...returns detained illegal aliens to Mexico's interior rather than to towns along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort to both control the Southwest border and to save the lives of those who might try again to cross the desert areas of the Southwest to regain entry to the United States.
http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050610-113558-7811r