On 10/30/2017 8:35 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> It is difficult for then spouse and children but in different ways.
>> Yes, there is the worry but also having to uproot and move
>> repeatedly. Children starting new schools again and again. Spouses
>> having to find a new job. I had to retire from mine. And it's hard to
>> find an high paying job when you have a military spouse. The employer
>> knows that you might leave at any time. Most of us had to make do
>> with minimum wage or worse, part time at best.
>>
>> Then having to make new friends, finding your way around in a new
>> city, finding medical, stores, etc. Even foods could be a challenge.
>> Food on Cape Cod is vastly different than here. Some things were the
>> same of course but many were not. Different brands, not much in the
>> way of Mexican food.
>
> Yes. It is difficult. But you had a GS hire preference higher than a
> disabled Navy retired vet. If you didn't know that, too bad.
>

Carol, the difference is Julie was not *in* the military. I don't know
if she knows or cares about military hiring preferences when it comes to
grade or disability. She worked at K-Mart.

My mother, the military spouse, never had to work but I can sure relate
to the constantly moving as a child. No fun.

Can't speak to the different brands thing. I was a kid, not the spouse
who did the shopping. I do know my mother didn't look for Mexican food.

Jill