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Service members of reddit. What is your worst military wife story?
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[@ax.discord6002]

I still think that the act of cheating on someone who’s away in the military is unforgivable.

[@jaanth314]

It's pretty damn unpatriotic too.

[@DrMoonAtNight]

I mean cheating in general is unforgivable

[@dr.krieger6563]

Cheating is unforgivable.

[@lorenzobaxter]

@@dr.krieger6563 eh not always. It destroys the relationship as it is, but if the love is strong, or there is a good enough reason to be in each other's lives, they can start from the ground up. But it only works if both parties care.

[@taylorschott4659]

That's why I won't get married until AFTER I leave the military. I would be constantly worried about my wife cheating on me and I would most likely only be coming back the same time every year, so if she did cheat, she,d know how to time it to where I couldn't prove it.

[@VetteguyC6]

Old saying in the Navy, when you come back from deployment you will find your wife just like you left her, freshly screwed and crying.

[@mantasmince378]

You made my day.🤣🤣🤣🤣🍻

[@nikmorales8624]

OH MY GOD THAT IS PRICELESS!! 😂🤣

[@Benjamin1986980]

After this depressing video, I just like to give a simple but heartwarming story. My grandparents ran away to the military the day my grandfather turned 18. Three generations and 60 years later, they are still together. So there is hope for humanity.

[@MyDyerMaker]

They dont make people like that anymore.

[@Spokentruths725]

@@MyDyerMaker they don’t. Only one of my grandmothers was actually married for that long till my grandfather died. Even my other grandmother was more like modern women today instead of like the norm in her generation. Its so rare to see.

[@KapitainvonHass]

My great grandparents basically did that. Great grandfather was 18 and great grandmother was 15. WWII was going on. He got drafted and they were allowed to marry because of it. He even liberated 2 concentration camps, I have pics btw of it. But they stayed together for like 60 something years until he died.

[@brysontheghostgaming9218]

That’s back when people had morals and respect for each other

[@EskenRock]

Naw they were actually men who were actual heros.

[@kettenschlosd]

'its not cheating if its with another women" some girls really think that guys dont care about emotional connection at all.

[@WackRusDud]

Some of them even believe that we don't feel shit - like some pre-Deviant androids from Detroit Become Human or whatever

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Most men do. Humans have evolved to be a mated pair. Such a treacherous act can lead to serious trust issues.

[@crotchy7667]

@@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985 you're the first person I've seen to say humans have evolved to mated pairs. Anyone else talking about evolution just says some made-up garbage about men spreading seed and women get pregnant from all the different alpha males they can.

[@candycane1744]

Cheating is cheating no matter what :v

[@docholiday2795]

@@crotchy7667 yeah for real, I've never seen that point of view said either. Interesting, I must do researchhh

[@goofyjohn6191]

Any military member doesnt understand the old saying, if the military wanted you to have a wife it would issue you one.

[@alltheworldsastage4785]

Lol.

[@thomasrobertson9643]

It’s so very true

[@rickyradioactivehorsehunte2247]

Makes sense

[@tdl487]

I know an old military wife who told me that back when her and her husband were in base housing another wife would call her husband in middle of the night to come "help" her with something. Im talking 2am with a ridiculous reason that only he could fix. Every time her husband would wake up their three year old daughter and take her with him because the little girl was a absolute mama's girl and tattletale so would tell the truth if anything happened. The other wife was reported for doing that and later got kicked out of base housing. She apparently did that to several other married men while her husband was deployed.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Haha video footage can be edited, a 3 year old's mind can't be. The facts will come right out!

[@McKavian]

I was US Army Military Police for 4 years - I have stories. My favorite Military Wife story is a full bird colonel's wife was caught shop lifting. We had a unmarked police car in back waiting to take her to the PMO. Soon as she said 'You can't do this to me, I'm Col X's wife!' We decided that she was right, so we slapped handcuffs on her and did a slow walk all the way around the PX making as much noise as we could on the way to the marked cruiser out front.

[@Shineynsparkles]

McKavian Damnnnnn

[@McKavian]

@@Shineynsparkles That's why you don't piss off MPs. Law on base works a lot different than the real world/civilian.

[@CathyGoes]

At Ft Bliss they all got to take the walk of shame. Right past the food court with a couple hundred gawkers. The look on their face when they realized that they were going to be walked out in handcuffs in front of everybody was great.

[@mofo7689]

@@CathyGoes Same tactic on a different note. During the Gulf War, a few stay behind folks enjoyed improved "base life" with only 25% of the crowd. A few knuckleheads got brave and flashed the wives. It all came to a crashing halt when one of the wives was not afraid, and took his establishment for a walk to a streetlight and zip tied his establishment. This was about 30 days into the deployment. NOBODY did it again.

[@b.jerelljones7312]

Why though. He makes good money at his rank? 👀🤷🏿

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

It's unfair to call the man Lieutenant Colonel Assface. He sounds like he was super cool about the whole thing and, let's be honest, that could have very easily gone the other way.

[@hjt091]

Clearly he took his wife's name when they got married

[@Jumbo_Chisel_Tip]

hjt091 ha

[@luissantiago5163]

@@hjt091 nice one

[@deldarel]

It's sets up an amazing bait-and-switch, though.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

Reminded me of all the Karen stories where the Karen's husband later comes in and apologizes for his wife's behavior or tells her "This is why I can't take you anywhere." Or, of course, the one where the kid says "This is why Dad's divorcing you!"

[@samhunt8588]

‘The 9 month pregnant spouse was violated and beaten and taken by ambulance to the hospital. The assault caused a miscarriage.’ *Happy music plays in background*

[@indridcold8433]

It is always a happy thing when a criminal is witnessed performing its crime. Surely justice was served and that is always a happy thing. There are sad things but we must remember it is very likely the criminal was convicted.

[@user-lh7mt7zo7l]

I love when the last post is dark or depressing followed by loud upbeat kevin macleod music or something lmfao

[@0rokuSaki]

😂

[@indridcold8433]

@MAGAT slayer In some regions, it is indeed a felony to make a false rape accusation, even if withdrawn. Unfortunately, it is not the same everywhere. Today's, "unique," society and the customs it has developed has made me become an outside observer. I have little desire to be part of it socially. Doctors say it is not healthy to be reclusive. They may, or may not, be correct. But it is a certainty that being socially part of today's society is, indeed, very harmful. I make no friends nor a girlfriend for fear of being used, betrayed, victimized, or being accused of something I will never do. Right before I socially isolated myself, I was being accused of being racist, which is near impossible for me since I am a just mongrel, as disparaging as it may sound. Then those I believed my friends became very hateful with me, including my girlfriend. They wanted to follow the herd and make me into a racist over someone I had never even met. They used, betrayed, and painfully abandoned me then tried to get back into my life about a month after the cruel detrayal and abandonment. That is when I socially isolated myself, moved to working nights, disconnected my telephone, moved, only recently reconnected my telephone service as minimal and optionless as possible. I do not need to be a part of such a hateful, evil, cruel, society. But I guess I could have a friend and enemy all in one.

[@knightchef]

Some spouses are awful people and it doesn’t help that some of the wives are catty and toxic and so becomes the wives brigade or whatever the each branches equivalent.

[@idkman861]

OH MY GOD. This is so true. I had one lady in Germany try to deliberately walk into me with scolding hot coffee because I was walking and on my phone (I was on a break and the concessionaire I worked in didn't have service in it). If I hadn't looked up right in time, I would've had hot coffee all over me. The worst part about it is that when I looked up and moved out of her way, instinct told me to say sorry and I did of course. Her stuck up self had the nerve to just look at me and say "mhm" in the most condescending way. It's so easy to just spot the difference between an officer's wife and an enlisted's wife because almost every officer's wife is stuck up, but not all of them.

[@bensoncheung2801]

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[@sarasunshinemt4444]

Toxic spouses like that can literally break the morale on base with their behavior. My dad is an Air Force veteran. Oldest brother is active duty right now, his wife is AWESOME and very sweet, giving person. Likes to volunteer to help others, etc. She has got TONS of stories of lovely, community building spouses...and ones that make life hell for everyone around them. My hubby is Air Force veteran, too, but enlisted and his stories from his time in service are just *insane*.

[@mtjeeves1234]

Every enlisted man I know who was in a relationship or married when they went on tours ended up being cheated on. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Granted I only know about 25 guys who are enlisted, but yeah every single enlisted man I've met.

[@yucol5661]

I’ve heard that lost of men in the military marry on impulse or for economic benefits. Is that often true or just a baseless stereotype?

[@WobblesandBean]

@@yucol5661 It's definitely true. That one poster was right, given the circumstances and their general inexperience, a lot of new enlistees will marry the first girl who gives them the time of day. And unfortunately, the kind of guy who would propose after two weeks of knowing a girl, and the type of girl who would deliberately target new enlistees in hopes of becoming a dependa, are one heck of a toxic combo.

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

@@WobblesandBean ah yes, the "base bunnies". Lots of gold diggers target soldiers thinking they're getting free money & a personal slave.

[@teutonalex]

Can confirm. Every. Single. One. At least below E-5

[@Vie29992]

I heard a story from a salty GySgt back when I was a little PFC about the wives of some of the Marines during the second battle of Fallujah. He told me that in 2004, a group of spouses got caught running a brothel out of base housing and were arrested. This was at the height of the battle and the Marines were taking heavy casualties so knowing their support was gone in such a fucked up way would have broken their spirits. The command kept quiet and didn’t inform the Marines about the arrests until the fighting was over in order to keep their minds on battle. I can’t imagine how fucked up they must have been when they got the news.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Lives lost because of some bitches

[@5kr3aminMunk33]

@@MASTEROFEVIL That's women for you

[@SGTJDerek]

He[[, that's nothing. A group of Female Enlisted were running a Brothel out of their Tent in Kuwait.

[@tailgunner2]

@@SGTJDerek when I was deployed to PSAB back in 2003, three women were busted for running their own ring on base. It was so God damn obvious when there is a line of men in a dorm's hallway.

[@sleepingninjaquiettime]

Unfortunately that happened a lot. When we redeployed back to Hood in 09 a bunch of wives got caught doing that and everyone treated it like it was normal as a rainy day.

[@Ashley-ir7vr]

As a military wife these stories are amateur hour Iv heard some shit so bad I keep plastic on the sofa incase some of theses spouse stop by to say hi

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Like what?

[@K1LL3R_M1LL3R]

Knew a girl who got pregnant in AIT after own first weekend off. Drill Sergeant demanded she point out who she slept with over the weekend. She pointed out 6 black soldiers in training. WOW! What the hell! Another different girl slept with me one night over the weekend. We went through Basic training together, her always in front of me (her last name was McNair, mine Miller.) She rubbed her ass on me every morning in Breakfast line, and any time she could without getting caught. After basic, we both had AIT at Ft. Lee, VA. So, when she found me at the mall during our first weekend off, it was game on! But the next weekend, she had a man on each arm. I joked, telling her it takes 2 men to fill my shoes (I am very well endowed). She grinned and begged me to join them. We ran a train on her all weekend. Her butthole was so red and puffy. Her vagina was swollen shut. By the end, she rotated sucking us off, face and hair full of spunk. She loved it. I never looked at her smile the same again. She would find other guys to join us. I half fell in love with her. We DID just go complete a rewarding chapter of our life. Had amazing sex always. But after AIT, she went to Minnesota, I went to Alabama. Im sure she made someone a happy housewife! Hahaha. I was the youngest person in my class, having joined at 17, went through Basic and AIT less than a month after my birthday. Those experiences really shaped my view on relationships, probably women, destroyed any sexual innocence. But, I try to be Mr Brightside. Had a ton of fun, made great friends, and hold amazing memories than many men would envy.

[@huh325]

@@K1LL3R_M1LL3R dude that's so cool how nobody asked, ha gottem 😎

[@bensoncheung2801]

The second and third last comment ought to get smaçked.

[@bendangjamir7735]

🤣🤣👍👍

[@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236]

So this happened to my best friend unfortunately. He married a woman after being together with her for a couple years and joined the army. He ended up getting deployed to Iraq and was there for almost a year if I'm not mistaken. Anyways by the end of his tour when he came home his stuff was out of the house that he had purchased his wife had filed for divorce and had his best friend living with her in the house. Worst yet was later on we discovered that his best friend was taking all of his money out of his bank account while he was overseas trying not to die. It gets worse... Him and his wife had a daughter together and he stayed with me when he got back because he had nowhere to go. I told him he should be trying to visit his daughter because that will help in divorce to show that he is trying to initiate the relationship with his family. His daughter was only 6 years old when he left and now was around 8 if I'm not mistaken. Anyways he keeps telling his soon-to-be ex-wife that he wants visitation and she keeps denying it. Almost 2 years later he finally gets visitation after the divorce was finalized only to find out that the daughter had been told that he was killed at war and she did not even know he was alive until only a few months before he was reunited with her. This caused enormous amounts of emotional issues with her because not only did she think her dad had died at war for years but she then realized he's alive and her mom is a lunatic who has destroyed her father's life and is living with her father's friend. But wait there's more... When he got back from war she told him that his stuff was in a storage unit. All of his things were in there personal things firearms and collectibles everything was in there. She told him she would only tell him where the storage unit was if he signed the divorce papers giving her the house and the car and her retaining the spousal benefits from the military. He refused and she held her word to be true and never told him where the storage unit was until it was auctioned off and all of his things were lost. How she told him was sending him a picture of the auction flyer showing his things that were for sale the day after the auction. As much as my friend went through with that lunatic I will say that he did learn his lesson and found it much better person the second time around. As for myself I learned a lot from it as well and I actually made my now wife wait 10 years before we got married. I wanted to date her long enough to make sure she wasn't in that bag.

[@martinrusev3502]

What the hell?! Ffs, that chick's an absolute psychopath. Not a lunatic.

[@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236]

@@martinrusev3502 Dude she truly is

[@martinrusev3502]

@@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236 And you did learn good. Marrying a crazy never ends well. For both men and women.

[@tmac2744]

With friends like that, who needs enemies.

[@carmeltabby]

And this is why I don't bash on men who take a long time to propose. Gotta make absolutely sure she ain't gonna turn as soon as she gets that ring.

[@louiewatson9389]

Any woman who starts with I'm a marine/army wife is a red flag.

[@alsdjfknbo]

I dont get it. Why is it a red flag? I'm not in the military.

[@gman9969able]

One word "Entitled"

[@TheSameYellowToy]

@@alsdjfknbo It's a red flag because those kind of military wives tend to be very entitled and bratty. Plus if somebody is the kind of person who makes their spouse's job their own personal identity, then they must be a very boring person.

[@Oleander410]

Any guy who starts with being in the service is an even bigger red flag.

[@oz_jones]

@@Oleander410 Imagine being a pizza cutter. All edge and no point.

[@bridgetmadden5716]

My other half is in the navy, stories of wives who think they are their husband's rank annoy me so much. Like yeah, it's hard, but you're not entitled to shit

[@dbzgal04]

I was stationed at Fort Carson, CO while in the Army. I'd see shirts and bumper stickers that said "Army wife, don't confuse your rank with my authority," "I'm the reason he's late for PT," "Real women marry soldiers so girls don't have to," and "Attitude and style, Army wife, sorry you can't be like me." GAH... Okay Army wife, if you're so perfect let's see you walk on water!

[@bridgetmadden5716]

@@dbzgal04 I can't imagine what you've been through, and I suppose the phrase "thank you for your service" doesn't begin to cover it, but I just want you to know I respect you. These women annoy me because they don't seem to respect what their spouses go through

[@shadeofmidna-9897]

This is a story my mom told me about when she was in the navy: It was either really early in the morning or late at night when she had to help put out a fire in the ship’s laundry room. The guy that did it immediately confessed. Turns out it was because he learned that his wife was cheating on him back home, and he wanted to get back so he could kill her and the other man. The worst part? The other man was his brother.

[@beastmaster0934]

Imagine screwing your brother’s wife. At that point, you deserve to get your shit knocked in.

[@SafeHeavens]

😭😭😭😭 horrible

[@Nerf22]

Former airman, then sergeant of a correctional facility. Ex wife was in bed with her friend (guy).I just came home early one night. Blamed me saying, "it was your fault! You'd rather be working than be with me!" Yeah, I would rather be in a secured building with a bunch of dirty guys than be home.

[@greypilgrim228]

She wants more stuff, you work more, "It's your fault I cheated, you're never around, you'd rather work than be with me!" She wants you home more, you work less/part time, "It's your fault I cheated, we never have enough money, I need more space, you're suffocating me!" Whatever happens she'll find a way to blame you, women never accept any responsibility for their actions.

[@somethingsomethingsomethin9905]

@@greypilgrim228 yup

[@Skanderbeg99]

Thank you for your service, may you find a spouse who is worthy of a patriotic soul like yours!

[@mantis_toboggan_md]

Saluting the sticker, that's fucking awesome. Flawless victory.

[@blackroberts6290]

just like that "im not fucking drunk" video lmao

[@Moses20005]

Explain?

[@canonkingsley6569]

The entitlement of the driver.

[@dominiquedixon8600]

@@canonkingsley6569 hate military wives, I swear about 85% of them if not more are exactly like this 😒

[@AA-bm3hf]

@@dominiquedixon8600 I agree Dominique! I was a military brat and some of these women would act sooo classless, especially overseas. There’s a lot of bullying other military wives and feeling like their husband’s rank extends to them, therefore allowing them to disrespect anyone whose husband’s rank was lower. Also, I’ve seen/heard military wives disrespect the foreign country they’re stationed in, the locals that work on/off base, the customs, traditions, etc. If higher ups knew what was going on, the husbands would be in a lot of trouble. I HIGHLY doubt their husband’s know that their wives are creating a horrible reputation for them and humiliating them behind their backs. It can get very cliquey. Mean girls always seem to find eachother ☹️.

[@DatMudkipify]

This is why I am entrusting my belongings to my parents basement when I enlist after highschool. No marrying a girl 2 weeks after meeting her! xD. Albeit idk how much I can trust my dad not to drive my hyundai like a sports car.

[@WobblesandBean]

Yeah. Like, these women are awful, but at the same time, if you marry a girl mere weeks after meeting her, I mean....come on, man.

[@suraiyaurme9777]

@@WobblesandBean for those ppl, they should get an award for stupidity

[@Callimo]

lol wise choice.

[@sunshineyoga1986]

Promote ahead of peers!

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

Definitely! My hubby married a girl he met in basic training. They got married at 19, divorced 5 years later. One child (she's currently 26 yrs old with her own kid, divorced). I married my hubby just 6 months after his divorce was final. My dad was his divorce counselor (my dad was a Chaplain; hubby was in Intel & would lose his security clearance if he went to a therapist), and once got a call from his soon to be ex wife that "my husband is fucking some teen slut" when she found out he was dating again, but she didn't know "who" I was. My dad was on-call for counseling that night lol so I get home from my date and my dad is on the phone with the soon to be ex while she's having a raging fit 😆. We're married 23+ years now.

[@brendanlemming8270]

I matched with a chick at a different Army base. We were both in the Army at the time and both lived in the barracks. I asked her after our first date if she was single and she said that she was. After a month of hanging out I found her Facebook profile and found out she was married. Thank god I trusted my instincts and didn’t do anything with her, she seemed a bit off.

[@oz_jones]

Danger close :(

[@rodneykingston6420]

After a month of hanging out you found her Facebook profile? A woman Googles you the instant you go to john.

[@Macdaddy590]

We were all in the barracks, camp Horno, watching porn. Guy walks in and casually comments the girl we were watching was his wife. Good times. Semper Fi

[@muertinix]

That's from Full Metal Jacket

[@jasdanvm3845]

For real? What happened then?

[@jasdanvm3845]

@@muertinix Is it?

[@muertinix]

@@jasdanvm3845 my bad, not FMJ, Jarhead. But yeah he could be telling the truth. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWK3nKOmZ7GDoZo

[@williamlynch4006]

gotta love the crack barracks

[@DaidriveCJ]

That last account/story was the perfect example of the double-standard when it comes to domestic violence. No matter what the male gets the worse of the outcomes despite the context or situation. Not worth it!

[@heli400]

MGTOW!

[@DaidriveCJ]

@@heli400 Indeed!

[@kerekgyartodavid4247]

the problem is that no one asked why the wife wanted to kill her husband at the first place...just out of curiousity

[@Deadman6]

Kerékgyártó Dávid That’s another fallacy in our society, it doesn’t matter what he did. That thought path is basically saying “well he probably did something to deserve it“.

[@kerekgyartodavid4247]

@@Deadman6 you think a wife just sit down on the sofa and: "hey, why not? when he comes home I will try to butcher him?" come on...

[@mckenzieraynor8436]

My mom married my dad when he was still in the military, and she lived on base. Things that she knew about: -There was a wife whose husband was gone for a year. He came back and she was pregnant. - There was a girl who was like 17 or something living with a guy 5+ years older than her. She kept house for him and stuff while he was gone, and my mom thinks it was sexual too. Gross Basically, it was a bunch of married women without their husbands who were all really young. Like, my 24 year old mom was the old one.

[@karlt8233]

12 yrs Navy vet and OMG I could write an entire book on the subject.

[@Dragging79]

I grew up with a dad who retired from the USMC. For whatever reason he stayed in Jacksonville NC. I saw a lot of crazy things go on when Marines went on deployment. Lots of wives and girlfriends running around on their husbands.

[@MyDyerMaker]

Not much is lower than cheating on your spouse, but cheating on a spouse during wartime while he's getting shot at pisses me right off.

[@latetotheparty3070]

Even back in WW 2 when there were popular songs commissioned to aid the war effort, there was a song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone else but Me. Women had to be pressured to be faithful even back then!!!

[@akiamini4006]

It has looooong past that thershold bro

[@crazychase98]

@@latetotheparty3070 female nature. Men today have been lost to this.

[@theMKill76]

What pisses me off the most is the fact some of these heroes lost their kids. All they did was serve their country.

[@TeamLumix]

If my wife had done that to our baby I'd be in jail for the beatdown I'd hand out.

[@maheenahmed6653]

The first one, how can you lie about something so despicable. And the guy who took her back. I hope he’s not being abused.

[@johnmay2268]

I remember guys crying in boot camp when gender were still segregated during boot camp. Their wife/girlfriends couldn't wait a few months while the guys are going through hardships and send letter saying they are done. A lot of military member break up with girlfriend after finding out she been sleeping around while around.

[@MrDlt123]

I was Air Force. Came home early from a deployment with a buddy. Stopped off at his house, walked into the front door and plopped down on the couch. He walks into his bedroom and his wife and 'Jod'y were laying in their bed sound asleep. Best part: My buddy doesnt ssy a word. Grabs his camera and takes several shots of them both. Eases the door closed and I guess they never heard a thing. He's seething, but he holds it together. We both go down the street where he lets me in on everything that just happened. Files for divorce that week, gets her booted off the base within a few months, and gets primary custody of his kids. Jody was in our squadron, and gets an Article-15. Most expensive P he probably ever got. 😆

[@crazychase98]

Nice to know the system works when your proactive in the mil sometimes. Had a LT get cheated on by the flight chief at a party at the LT house. Flight chief got caught baning LT wife. LT went to command. Divorced wife and got the chief demoted and kicked out at 28 years of service

[@MajWMartin]

My uncle was career Army back in the 1960's. He and the family traveled all over the world. I remember when they came back from Germany the kids could barely speak English anymore. When Kennedy sent advisers to Vietnam in the mid 1960's he was one of them. He had a plan that he would stay there for 8 years and retire from the Army and those last 8 years with combat and overseas pay would get them set up for retirement. A couple years later his wife my aunt, was shacking up with a guy who lived in the same neighborhood. Every time my uncle would take leave and come home the guy moved out and when he went back he moved back in. Then the Army came up with a bonus if you reenlisted for combat duty. They gave you a 1 month leave to start your next tour and it didn't count against your leave time. Uncle never told the wife about it and went home at Christmas to surprise everyone. And did he ever.

[@norazanmie8073]

Wait wait wait! What happened next? And the kids? They knew it? They didn't have any problems with the mom cheating on their dad? Your story got me hooked up!

[@rickyradioactivehorsehunte2247]

My friend caught his wife with a footy player........the footy player made it out the bedroom window but the wife never made it........he kicked the living shit out of her gave to 2 pandol and went to sleep. The next morning he woke up she was dead.......so he went to the shops bought cigarets then handed himself in to police.The judges sentencing remarks were i will give you life with a minimum of 8 years eliigable for parol for every year you were married to her ......there were compassionate grounds because it was in the heat of the moment.He broke 206 bones in her body and he said to me it was a good day for dying.

[@catastrophicfailure2745]

Not a spouse, but the kid of a US Navy member, and the worst people I've witnessed was while my family was stationed in Japan a few years ago. It was a Navy wife and her little nightmare of a kid. this was your classic bully kid who terrorized all the families in their apartment complex (thank god i didnt live in that building) mostly through doorbell ditching (which doesnt sound that bad until you realize that many of these people were night shift sailors who were trying to sleep), pushing all the buttons on the already slow elevators, and just bullying the kids in general. His mom didnt care at all. The last straw was the mom going on to facebook and insulting the base commander. When they were told they would be kicked off base, she straight up told him that they couldn't do that (Spoiler: they can and they did.) I don't know how the husband was, but he had to stay behind in Japan.

[@oHawkeyeo]

These stories make me lose hope in humanity. It's so demoralizing

[@ninepuchar1]

I know right😔

[@ARcinder]

If I still believed in love, this video would have killed it.

[@jacobc8036]

@@ARcinder yeah....mine is dead....women like this slaughtered it like a fat pig and still assumed they'd get love. I swear it makes me sick and breaks me

[@emilybarclay8831]

The military really isn’t a great reflection of healthy relationships. The stereotype of new recruits marrying the first woman who’ll take them is true, and by nature those women are looking for a pay check and military benefits. That one comment was right, the military is full of poorly educated horny teenagers who marry the first opportunity they can, and that’s never a good idea. The sort of woman who’ll marry you after four months when you’re immediately gonna leave for abroad is not the sort of woman you should be associating with let alone marrying

[@jaelee1996]

"I'm the Colonel's wife. You should know who I am." Roger. I'll place your photo on the Chain of Command, Ma'am.

[@teutonalex]

My married shipmates’ stories usually ended in wife cheating, running back to whatever state, after maxing out every credit card and check book. Then they got to pay alimony and have their pay docked.

[@derekparker6899]

Had a really bad day in Iraq, lost a guy I worked on for 45min waiting on casevac. Phones shut down, River City, but 1st Sgt let me use the iridium to call my wife as long as I promised not to say anything about the kia. Wife was drunk, asking permission to date someone from class(college) because she was lonely. I told her you do whatever you think you have to do, but there will be consequences when I get home. Ended call, and didn't feel as bad as I did when I first called her. Was looking forward to divorcing her, so I take more opportunities.

[@thegimpygamer]

Dude I know this is a old story but it brings up a memory. I was taking some classes in between deployments and met a cute little thing in one of my classes. She came on to me hard when she found out I was a jarhead. Anyway I ended up back at her place one evening and she very quickly got naked pushing for sexy time. I found out while looking around that not only was she married but her husband was deployed. I'd be lying if I said little head wasn't trying to do my thinking for me but I shot her down. She insisted her husband was cool with it and she could "date" while he was deployed. After losing some brothers after that happened to them I wasn't going to do the same to someone else. I ended up telling her that her hall pass was no good with me and I bounced. Thankfully she stopped talking to me after that. She almost convinced me that she had permission, but I think that was just lack of blood to the brain at the moment. I doubt our stories are related but if they by some long shot are you can know I said no.

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

The baby suffocating story was probably the worst story here... people have been arrested while actually grieving the loss of their baby why wasn’t she?! Her callousness is enough probable cause to make a cop think this was premeditated

[@erlycuyler]

Young men in the military should not be married or in a relationship at all.

[@tonib.3016]

After reading this thread I totally agree.

[@Trek001]

My grandmother told me a story about a Captain in her Anti Aircraft battery during WW2 who found out his wife had been having an affair for almost the entire war... They got a divorce and, in a rare example for the time, got custody of the twins they had on the grounds of adultery during wartime. She would have got away with it until one of the twins mentioned seeing the Colonel of the batt staying the night sometimes - the Colonel was CM'd and dismissed

[@texasred2702]

There are the usual ones about the boyfriends' trucks appearing in the driveway before the ship clears the mouth of the harbor, but saddest one I ever heard of happened in Pearl Harbor in the early 90s. I knew the guy as the neighbor of a buddy of mine, seemed nice enough but you could tell from across the street the marriage was troubled. You know the saying about Happy Wife =Happy Life, well this gal was like a dark storm cloud in human form, but I didn't really know them and who knows what goes in behind closed doors, though later on it came out things got physically violent. They divorced in the fall and she went back to Florida and he got custody of their 2 little girls. A month later, it was all over the base that the younger kid disappeared from her room during the night and those of us who knew them thought the mother might have been behind it or gotten someone to do it. Hundreds of people mobilized to search for the little girl, but a couple hours into the search, it was called off--the kid's body was found floating in Pearl Harbor near the ferry landing in a locked seabag, and the father was in custody. At the trial the ex wife said she thought he husband killed their daughter because she looked like her, but in those days there had to be serious issues with the mother for the dad to get custody so I took her statements with a grain of salt. It's my personal opinion just from observation they married too young and had kids too soon and the stress of going though a nasty divorce and trying to maintain a Navy career as a single dad was overwhelming for him. The little girl was one of those fussy children, and I think he had one of those moments where it was late, he was exhausted, the kid wouldn't stop crying, and in desperation he put his hand over her mouth to make the noise stop and overdid it...and instead of calling 911 or a neighbor, he panicked and concocted the kidnapping story that fell apart as soon as NCIS began their investigation. He was really isolated, we all knew him to wave at but no one really knew him. He must have felt like he had no one to turn to. I don't know if it would happen today, the Navy's gotten a lot better at handling these situations and preventing them before they start but in 1993 there weren't many resources for a guy like him. I went to Japan the next year and I never found out what happened. I think he got life in prison. There are far worse people out there that get far less but military justice is harsh.

[@Kikilang60]

I had a friend, was a little buggy. She took medicine, and was generally a little unhappy with her life. She was from south Carolina, and her father was the typical regligous guys. He told his daughter, she had two weeks to find a job, and get out, when she graduated. He, and her best friend decided to get married instead. She met this guy, and she set up her brother with her best friend. Within weeks she was pregnaant, as was her best friend. Having a family to support, her husband, and her best friend's husband (Her brother.) joined the Army. After finishng boot, her husband was shipped out to Germany and was gone a long time. My friend said when her husband was coming back from Germany she was so scaried. He had be gone longer then she knew him before they were married. She said I was so young, and dumb. I was hardly grown up, and now this man was coming back, who she didn't really know. About this time, her brother was coming back too, and he was murdered by a drive by shooting. The military Police figured it out real quick. While her brother was away, her best friend got a new boyfriend. Together, they plotted to murder her husband. This is such a common occurance that the military police figured it out in days. So, my friend told me she felt guilty for indirectly getting her brother murdered. Her family were strict, religous conservatives, and she looked good on the surface. In real life, she and her friend were hitting the bars, picking up man since they were fourteen. Her husband, and her brother were gulible patsy that they had manipulated into getting them pregnant. It was obvious, all she reallly did was manipulate herself, into having three children before she was twenty four. All I she was un happy with her life, but never admitted it. On the surface she was a good Christian woman with nice family. Secretly she missed the days of cruising the bars, picking up men. She would say, "YOu have the life. Doing what you want, and seeing new woman, whenevery you want." She wasn't much of a friend, if she believed that's what my life was like.

[@amorfm4071]

My grandpa was fighting in Vietnam, and my grandma did hair for the other military wives. The wife of one of the higher ups was always bitching about how the stylists did her hair. So when my grandma was doing her hair, she asked if she was satisfied with how it looked. She said yes, so my grandma sprayed a ton of really strong hairspray on it. She never complained after that.

[@johnsumner2987]

My dad was in the Marine Corps. over 30 years. We lived in Okinawa for a total of 8 years. A lot of my friends, after high school, were Marines 18-20 year old guys. I can't tell you how many young guys would fall in "Love" with the buy-me-drinky-girls. These girls are mostly philipina that got tricked into getting a job near a military base and the only way they could get out was marrying a GI. As soon as they got back to the states and they were American citizens they would divorce said GI and bounce. Sometimes they would even wait until their husbands made it to 10 years in the military and then divorce. Why 10 years? Because at that point they are entitled to half of their exes military retirement. For anyone reading this that is going to join, DON"T go into those buy-me-drinky bars. It's a trap and don't pay the bar fee. It isn't worth it.

[@TheSameYellowToy]

Sounds a bit like what happened with my ex's parents. I don't know how or where they met, but his dad is an American vet, and his mom is Filipina immigrant. They were stationed at a base in Germany, and as soon as she got naturalized, she got on a flight to San Antonio by herself and never came back.

[@FayeLawnKrack3d]

This reminds me of the musical Miss Saigon, but actually, it's the opposite where the girl leaves the GI. Now, I know some stories prolly played out like Miss Saigon where the guy ditches the girl for another in his home, but the point is, this young love this is a trap that is bad for both sides.

[@Heegaherger]

The worst I heard about was when the wife of a man deployed to Korea went to the base E-Club an picked up 2 of the fresh out of boot students who were attending MOS training on my base and took them home. There they were introduced to the “of age” daughter. Relations were had. My own deployment to Iraq happened shortly there after. I do not know the aftermath, though I hope those 2 poor noobs got slaps on the wrist. They were straight out of Boot just after HS (judging from time of year) and were victims of a malignant, conniving waste of protoplasm.

[@WobblesandBean]

Omg. This story terrifies me, cuz the fact that the age thing is in quotes implies the daughter wasn't of age, and the "relations" weren't consensual....

[@Heegaherger]

@@WobblesandBean The daughter was not of age, but the 2 students were told otherwise. It is my understanding that both females consented to the night's activities and were active participants. Take that for what you will. I had heard of other incidents of cheating before this, but nothing on this level.

[@williamlynch4006]

I had a buddy who used to be an air assault medic in the 80's-90's at Fort Polk, LA, who told me the story of some guy coming back from deployment and finding out not only was his wife cheating on him, but both his kids weren't his. She didn't know that he found out her secrets. So guy sets up a date night with his wife, sends the kids to grandparents, spikes her drink, waits for her to pass out, and then cuts her up the middle with a chainsaw before shooting himself with a shotgun.

[@tonib.3016]

JFC...that's a real life horror story omg.

[@christianwallis8285]

What really kills me is a lot of these men/women can show up in Marine uniforms with the Medal of Honor and a bronze star and they never ask for a military discount but god forbid their spouse walks in and demand the discount before I can even read out their order

[@WobblesandBean]

Yup. My friend is a bomber pilot in the air force, she's an amazing person and she's never once used her discount except for when her parents insist on paying for something. But I've seen many a military spouse raise a fuss about it.

[@issiahgarcia5991]

I got some crazy ones man, honestly being young (Ages 21 through 30) and deployed overseas is just asking for it.... I worked on the ambulance while I was stationed in Okinawa and you see some crazy shit through EMS and 911. Well since Okinawa is such a small island you tend to get repeat offenders and you probably have seen them around the island and what not. Anyway there was this pretty cool white guy with a decent mustache who was probably around 25 years old. Anytime j had the chance to say hi I'd ho out of my way to say hi because he always seemed to be fake happy... like the snickers candy bar that Dane Cook Says... Anyway I haven't seen the gay in a couple of months and I dorta forgot that he was in Oki, I knew he had a baby daughter on the way and figured when his wife delivered he probably take vacations and go back to the states. One Friday night we get a high emergency traumatic call and you basically prep your AED, Truama Bag, Tourniquet and like nothing else be cause your picking them up and leaving as fast as possible. Of course the Pt was on the 5th floor at the end of the hall, were booking it up the stairs it's hot, people are crying and yelling theres a chick on speaker phone,theres cops and people in Camouflage it's honestly was a cluster fuck right outside his room door. After telling everyone e to get the fuck out of the way I eneter the room to see gore style movie blood everywhere.. .. his sink was plugged and it was half filled with water and blood, theres a giant handprint smear dragged across the wall and fat ass droplets of blood leading around the hallway. Theres aspin pills all over the floor and a half empty Handle of that cinimin fireball alcohol on the ground. After rounding the corner I see 3 people on the ground and I'm like yooo wtf is going on....? I fi ally see the theres two cops forcing this guy dow. With his arms pinned to the ground..... To shorten the story he took a old school razor blade from wrist to inner elbow on both arms.... like bro you could see fat cells and bone it was that bad... because he too aspirin too it was even worse. He tried to commit suicide because the wife didnt tell him when she was due, while he was deployed she began fuckng her Ex and has him present during delivery. The Soldiers mom caught the wife and ex boyfriend out and about at chili's earlier g family dinner.... mom told her son , son tried to killing himself

[@TRUMPmyOSHI]

Wow I’m so so so sorry! This is ABSOLUTELY heartbreaking! So heartbreaking! I wonder what happened to him after. How cruel to do that to someone. 😞💔

[@nmarrs8539]

I lived on base housing my entire childhood. We heard a rumor about a woman sleeping with the dog. The dog got stuck.

[@Blackwater_House]

Australian Military Wives Use Two Brands of Soap Powder for Washing Clothes which they proudly display in the Front Window. One is “OMO”, the other is “FAB”. When hubby is away on training or deployment they use and display “OMO” Soap Powder (Old Man Out). Then when hubby is home, the Packet they display is “FAB” (Fu*king A-Hole is Back).

[@SpicyMartina]

Military spouse here. I worked a bar on post and there was a lot of wives whose husbands were deployed would be hooking with other spouses. Female and Male. A few said they had permission to have sex with women not the men that would be cheating 🤦‍♀️been married to the military for 17yrs and seen so much crazy stuff i could write a book. Only a handful of marriages last.

[@StormCOG]

An ex of mine divorced her husband for sleeping (and bragging about) with a 14 yo girl while he was deployed in Pakistan while they were married. He phoned me up a few times threatening either to kill himself or me, and kept telling me it was concessional, how'd he get my number? She gave it to him, so I was pretty much out of that relationship by the end of the week.

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

Army, Germany, the 80s. My German friends and I did the club scene several nights a week. The German wife of a sergeant in my unit was often found carousing with other men in the clubs. The sergeant was very open about how much he didn't care for me. However, his attitude changed when he found out that I was indeed very active in the club scene and knew all about his wife's antics and him cuckolded. Seems he worried I might blab his secret.

[@Blunt_Man]

Damn, this sounds more like "what's the craziest real life Jerry Springer couple that you've seen?"

[@Leftists_are_Losers]

Now take that Jerry Springer couple add the toxic environment of the military, a dash of utter ignorance, and a splash of “I don’t give a fuck” and you come close to approximating the attitude of eighty percent of Army wives.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Those 90 dislikes are military wives

[@DavidLyles]

My brother told me the story about how a guy from his platoon married a woman he barely knew, got deployed for 8 months and came back to a man in his house, but instead of there being a fight the man in his house somehow seduced the soldier and got the woman kicked out, then he took her spot as the soldier went on another deployment months later.

[@omganotherun]

Ah, the infamous "Dependapotamus".

[@Boom-ue8zo]

The last story... Not only the guy got charged for a crime he never committed, got fired because of it, and also still not rescued from his abusive downright murderous spouse?!

[@130shooter1]

To anyone joining the military. Don't give your wife access to your bank account. Sure have a weekly or monthly allowance transferred to her account, but not the whole thing. WAY to many men have come home to a foreclosed house, divorce papers, 20K in debt, an overdrawn bank account, and a repossessed truck. She ain't yours, it's just your turn.

[@mikhail2400]

Years ago when I attended PLDC (Platoon Leadership Development Course) or Sergeants school as it was commonly called back then, I think its called something else now. Anyway it was a co-ed course and during the 2 week course any sexual contact between those taking the course were grounds for dismissal. Everything went well until graduation night when a guy and gal were caught in the bathroom going at it. Both automatically failed the course and even worse had to call their spouses to pick them up. I dont know how they handled those conversations but we knew days in advance we had passed and had free phone privileges so I would bet both had told their spouses they had basically passed already.

[@jenniferclark9842]

They couldn’t contain themselves for two weeks? Good grief!

[@AlbredaWelde]

I have to drop a comment on that one... for every BAD story there is out there about a military wife, there are 100 GOOD stories that remain untold. A lot of these women are living in fairly substandard accommodations with not the greatest schools or healthcare, getting by on a salary that is not terrific (especially not in proportion to the dangers involved). Meanwhile they are living with the stress of (many times) nearly single parenting while their husband is on duty (or worse, deployed). They are faced with the possible loss of their husband and living under rules/restrictions that they only agreed to by nature of marrying a military man. (Most didn't know that they would have rules to follow living on base, etc. when they decided to marry him.) So, yes, there are a**holes everywhere, but most are good people. And it is worth remembering that these women really do make sacrifices for our country, too.

[@AlbredaWelde]

@first last Well, I've personally known a lot of military families and I know that you are full of crap, so whatever. You probably don't know a soul who is military. Talk to the hand...

[@tmac2744]

Was in the military and need to step in for a moment here. Are there strong marriages in the military? Absolutely. Are they the majority? From the info I have been able to find, divorce rates may actually be close to, or higher than, that of the civilian sector. Interesting to note that female military members are divorcing at a higher rate, 275% higher in the case of Army females, than their male counterparts. Off the top of my head I can think of a few, actually seen, reasons for this. Some reasons female service members divorce: 1 - When she deployed, he was left behind with all the female spouses from the unit, and he got caught dipping in the pond at some point. (Unlike the wives of deployed service members, for some reason these guys seem to like to try and land the wives of the deployed husbands in their wife's unit.) 2 - While she was deployed, he met the new "love of his life" and decided to move her in until the wife returned, then ask for a divorce. (The worst of these are when it is another military member. Blue Falcons all the way.) 3 - He knocked up some woman from 1 or 2 above. (Pretty common.) 4 - While she was deployed, she was NOT faithful in the slightest (some have been caught in prostitution rings while deployed.) 5 - She started sleeping with another service member while deployed. (Other than someone like in 6 below) 6 - She is trying to sleep her way up the chain of command. (I've was surprised this happened as often as it did.) 7 - The female service member got knocked up by someone from 4 or 5 above. This can also lead to the wronged spouse filing for adultery. For some reasons male service members divorce: 1 - When he deployed, she was left behind and decided she was bored so she started stepping out on him to find Mr. Right Now. (Usually first spotted in a club.) 2 - While he was deployed, she met the new "love of her life" and decided to move her in until the husband returned, then ask for a divorce. (The worst of these are when it is another military member. Blue Falcons all the way.) 3 - She is trying to sleep her way up the chain of command. (Yup. Seen it. Non-military spouse trying to have s_x with anyone that outranks her husband in his unit.) 4 - The non-military wife got knocked up by somebody from 1, 2, or 3 above. (Pretty common). 5 - He wasn't faithful in the slightest and got caught and reported. Wife presses for divorce, and sometimes, depending on evidence, adultery. (A serious charge under UCMJ) 6 - He knocked up a female service member or non-military national where they are deployed and is taking responsibility. (Seen it. Only a few of these ended well too.) 7 - They realized that the being apart was not going to work for them in the long term. (This is actually the rarest of the reasons I actually saw, and applies to both males and females.) The above lists are NOT comprehensive, and are meant to be read in broad terms due to slight variations in how the whole thing plays out over time. Cheating in the military is so bad that you can go to clubs nearby bases/camps/posts and you are able to determine which units are deployed by the number of spouses displaying their "Cheater's Band" (the lighter skin under wear the wedding band is normally worn). The clubs are usually packed full with them right after a deployment. It really and truly pisses off the OpSec folks. I know of only a few marriages where one spouse or the other did not cheat. I know of some that lasted, even though they both cheated while the military member was away. Some of those had some form of agreement that they understood the other would probably look for companionship while they were separated, others just didn't discuss the issue, and only became upset if the infidelity became public/unit knowledge. Edit: Spelling, Formatting

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

I'm an Air Force brat; dad was a Chaplain. My mom was wonderful, caring and supportive. They were married 45 yrs before she passed early 2020. Older brother is active duty Air Force and his wife is absolutely awesome! She homeschooling their boys (did NOT like the schooling options available). They're married 23+ years so far, going strong. They have a lot of friends & coworkers who don't cheat, too, but yeah; cheating is common. My hubby is Air Force veteran. We've been married 23+ years too, but I'm his 2nd wife, as his first wife was active duty like him but banged 3 guys while she was deployed AND SHE FILMED IT. He was given a copy of the vhs tape of his wife's homemade porn tape and that was it. They met while in basic, both 19 when they married, divorced by 24. Some women/men are not cut out to be military spouses. They can't take the stress & frequent separation. Others rise to the challenge and stand by their active duty spouse, setting a great example and building a home where ever the military sends them, again and again.

[@mofo7689]

When I was a Barracks NCO, I made a habit of a surprise inspection on random rooms. I caught an unfaithful wife sleeping on the bed of another. I didn't look twice acting as if it was the military guy vs the spouse. He was contacted. The MPs got their hands on her. Her ID was confiscated within hours as she was escorted outside of the base gates that weekend without notice. He did not believe being told of her actions and now has proof.

[@nolongeramused8135]

1) New base commander's wife and her group of bored hens (senior officer wives) decide to "inspect" the new barracks at about 5:30 AM when day shift is getting up and showering. They were obviously cruising for enlisted dong as they were just using a security passkey to open doors and walk in without announcing. In short order one guy kicked the door shut without knowing who was breaking into his barracks room and promptly called base police. The fallout on the base commander and his wife's group of "friends" was fast and severe when the IG got involved. 2) Hot wife of a E-6 was left home alone for 180 days while her husband was TDY. Living in base NCO housing, she started bringing her E-3 boyfriend over for nookie sessions. He eventually decides that he likes base housing much better than a barracks room, so he just moves in. She's fine with that right up until right before her husband is due back and he says he's staying and her husband can have his assigned barracks room since it's not being used. That ended with a court martial for the E-3 and a divorce for the E-6. 3) In the USAF the officers in flight school are mostly a pack of really tall seemingly 12-year olds, many of them married to rather hot college girls that grew up in the middle of nowhere. Marrying a military pilot young meant a ticket out of living in the sticks, world travel, and then a soft life when he becomes an airline pilot. The drawback is that the ones they can snag all appear to be about a decade behind most men in the acting and looking like an adult thing, so the wives are essentially married to junior high kid. A significant percentage of these wives will go to the off-base bars where the enlisted hang out, cruising for a guy that looks like he actually shaves. It wasn't unusual to see them exiting the enlisted barracks just before midnight so they could beat their husbands home (night flying exercises). They would spread it around pretty liberally; I never knew any of them that ended up with a "boyfriend" for the time they were on base. Of course, this has nothing on Navy wives when the fleet heads out for 6 months.

[@HH-ru4bj]

Second story: wait a min, he got removed from his position as a gate guard for tactfully putting an uppity bitch on her place? If I was her husband I'd buy the man a steak dinner. That was hilarious.

[@aurorafina]

While doing a base security rotation a husband greets his wife coming home from deployment. She returned 5 months pregnant from 6 months on ship. He strangled her on the spot. He then turned himself in, she in the backseat holding the single rose intended as a gift. My lousy ex was a traditional dependapotomus. That story seems so pedestrian after story 1.

[@rishabhanand4973]

wait, so the one time a guy gets full custody of the kids is when his wife cheats with a woman? That's kinda messed up since you know if she cheated with a man she would probably win the custody battle. Also, for the last story, the wife *admitted* that she started the fight and her husband was defending herself and still faced no punishment while the husband got kicked out? The husband better have been having multiple affairs cuz that's the only circumstance where that would have been remotely ok

[@tmac2744]

It is the double standard at play. 1 - If he hits her for any reason, he gets arrested, even self-defense. The only way the woman gets arrested is if there is video proof or she directly attacks the responding officers. 2 - If he doesn't he gets told to "man up" and laughed at until he fights back, and then see number 1 above. This isn't limited to the military either. There is actually almost NO support for abused husbands in the US, or any country outside the US for that matter. There are over 2800 shelters for abused women, but only 15 for abused men. There was one more, but it was shut down when the community bullied the man, an abuse victim himself, so badly that he committed suicide.

[@SGTJDerek]

@@tmac2744 that's exactly how it is with Civilian Cops and DOUBLE from the Military. There you lose Rank and Pay THEN you're Kicked out with an Assault Record and depending on the Female's acting skills you end up in Leavenworth.

[@mksabourinable]

I was the product of a short marriage involving a military man. My mom got knocked up with my older brother when they were like.... 21, so they got married. I was born a year after my brother, my sister 4.5yrs after me. My dad cheated tho, not my mom interestingly enough. Guess being pretty much the sole caregiver to 2-3 young kids (the oldest two being autistic) kept her busy.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

I hear Sweet Home Alabama playing

[@mcb187]

I looked up the amber alert fact: checks out, at least that storie isn’t BS

[@tavej4718]

I did too

[@stumpymcstumpstump3503]

Prior soldier here and I fully believe all of these stories in this video

[@TJ-fg3vs]

My nco uncle found out a private was sleeping with his wife and in revenge, amongst other punishments, he made him clean the latrine block floor with his toothbrush...🤣🤣🤣

[@WobblesandBean]

19:15 I'm glad they mention the toxic culture in the military. I feel like not enough people are willing to admit that.

[@Thomas-oe4io]

My Grandfathers story: he got back on leave cause his ship needed to be "re-fit" (Navy) so he meets up with his fiance and takes a train 10 hours home, gets married and takes a train back inside of his 72 hour Leave. On his way home, one of his subunits is with one girl he kisses. The other way he is kissing another girl. He told this story to say " I've been with Anna for 50 years and he lasted 3 months with a ring on his hand. No matter how bad it gets, know that you will get to the other side still holding hands. Everything is easy after that."

[@silverblade357]

An eavesdropping dependa once took exception to the political discussion between me and a coworker over lunch. Proclaimed that our concerns at the time was treason while openly wearing political paraphernalia. We were not in uniform and it was over the weekend in the BX food court. Apparently, we're not supposed to think about politics at all. We told her to pound sand. She started making a scene about two kids in civvies not being respectful and they all echoed the same. I went back to my lukewarm Domino's! 🙃

[@robsan6504]

Lmao. The first story was 100% true. I live on the base where this happened and heard about the whole story. Wasn’t that long ago. Few years at most

[@oz_jones]

I'm a civilian from Europe with no connection to the US military, I believe all of these stories are 100% true.

[@bluewaternebula652]

Most people I served with that were married ended up cheating when we hit our ports over the course of a 7 month deployment.. It’s actually very common but nobody talks about that.

[@yucol5661]

Why get married if you are expected to be away from most of the beginning of the relationship? Wouldn’t it be better to find someone to marry after you have the time to have a relationship?

[@WackRusDud]

@@yucol5661 people are just stupid - that's the problem.

[@somethingsomethingsomethin9905]

@@WackRusDud you get benefits if you are with a partner in the military

[@WackRusDud]

@@somethingsomethingsomethin9905 these benefits don't cover up the divorce though.

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

A lot of people who get married in the military are simply lonely, and they generally aren't making the best decision when it comes to dating, much less marrying. And a lot of the spouses don't understand the stresses involved of being married to an active duty spouse. For every "I'm military and my spouse cheated on me" story, I've got 3 more about civilian couples stepping out on each other. Being in the military just seems to speed run relationship meltdown for some people. Others rise to the challenge and succeed, having stronger, deeper relationships than civilian couples. For example, my mom & dad. He was Air Force. Married for 45 years (mom passed away from cancer in March of last year). Older brother, active duty Air Force. Married 23+ years and going strong. Younger brother, Air Force veteran and current National Guard. 11 years and still happy together. My hubby & I; he's Air Force veteran, reservist. Married 23+ years & we're still going great. But to be fair, I'm his 2nd wife. First wife was the classic "cheat on your spouse", tho she was also active duty at the time.

[@jessess6810]

“You are not your Husbands Rank!!” 100% right!!! Pretty sure Australia does not have Veterans Parking spaces. Only Disabled & Parent Parking 🙂

[@truthbetold...5595]

The first story had my skin crawl. Then I heard the rest of it. *My skin said Screw you before my collarbone decided now is the right time to inch backwards.* Went from "That's so tragic" to "This somehow feels 10x worse". That being said.. the flipping music!

[@ramsaybolton7464]

My favorite was when a 16 year old punk asked me where his salute was going through the gate. His dad was a colonel. I laughed.

[@lauriestlyon8773]

When I was in the RAF a lad I served with, an LAC, fresh out of training started dating a nice local girl... Who was the base commanders daughter! We were all holding our breath waiting for a short otice posting to back of beyond. Didn't happen. Dad chilled out about it. He, correctly, took the view it would not last long. But the lad was not a good military fit and left within a year.

[@justahappylittlebunny2656]

A regiment home coming house party from a long deployment in bosnia got a bit wild. The boys kept talking about a girl upstairs that would do anything for a drink so the Sargent goes up finds her room and has his fun , on the way out he turned the light on to see his conquest.. it was his 17 year old daughter

[@crazybunny1134]

damn

[@tonib.3016]

Oh good lord🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@nuclearsimian3281]

3:43 That LTC is the kind we need a thousand times more of. I've only seen a few officers even willing to take time out of their day to consult with their staff, and very few were so willing to make a direct apology when wrong was done.

[@ChapoChaos]

I always thought that adultery was grounds for dishonorable discharge

[@damndisplace07]

I was a Navy Corpsman (medic) stationed with 1st Battalion 8th Marines in Iraq around 2004. I had to stand suicide watch over many marines who tried to harm themselves because they found out their wives cheated on them in the states.

[@julianwaugh968]

In the old days ,wives and prostitutes would travel with the army. I have broken off long distance relationships because they are impractical and there were no bitter feelings.

[@Biggdoom344]

I had a dude in my platoon that I found out when a new guy came into the unit, he would invite the guy over for dinner w him and the wife. He then would invite the guy to have sex w his wife and he would watch. Had another kid from Kentucky who was like 20 and married a girl from his hometown who was 18. She bounced like 4K in checks. When I asked her why she kept writing checks w no money in the bank she said she thought as long as she had checks, she thought she had money lol.

[@matthaft2048]

There was a rash of positive drug tests in my squadron for methamphetamine, amphetamine, and some shit called MDA. (All speed more or less). Turns out a guys wife would be going and partying in the barracks with all the shitheads that couldn’t go to the field with us for whatever reason and she was giving/dealing the drugs. Then after her husband filed for divorce our 1SG got a notice from an attorney saying that her husband and 6 other guys were needing to come snd take a paternity test, it was laid out in the letter that after the time she last had relations with her husband (right before a field outing) that she had literally had a meth induced gangbang with the other 6 and all of them finished in her and that she was now pregnant. Fucked up thing is she was just happy that whoever’s it was was still in the military so she could get that good government mandated child support

[@tonib.3016]

It sounds like there are alot of nymphomaniacs in and around the military lol

[@terrible1237]

The man saluting the stickers is a madlad

[@darrenp9454]

This is stuff I absolutely do not miss from the military.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I got to live through a full season of the real housewives of Delta company on my first deployment. I had no idea that there were so many real swinger couples in the military, even though the UCMJ really does make adultery a real and serious crime.

[@tmac2744]

Thing is, for that to go through, the SPOUSE has to press for it.

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

I grew up an Air Force brat, but my dad was a Chaplain. So my experience with the military was pretty, ah, "tame" growing up. Very community & base chapel oriented. So imagine my shock when I marry an enlisted man (Air Force veteran but reservist & full time civil service) and see the OTHER side of military life lol Was really glad when his time was up and we went back to civilian life. Some of those people are freaking toxic AF!

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@sarasunshinemt4444 well what kind of person makes killing other people their jobs? Not normal mentally healthy people with morals and integrity. Who lives by the sword shall die by the sword

[@Catseye189]

I was in the Army. I am a woman. Found out my husband was taking our two year old son to the market on base and picking up women. He laughed and bragged about it when I confronted him. The marriage ended.

[@tonib.3016]

Good for you. It's better to gtfo of a situation like that rather than spend your life being treated like crap. You deserve to be treated with respect. Eff your ex husband,he sounds like a creep who would end up giving you an STD.

[@JULYXXIV]

Who needs Jody when you have “wives/girlfriends” like these? Gentlemen, as others have said here, for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT GET MARRIED! Take this to heart, ESPECIALLY if you’re still very young.

[@brysontheghostgaming9218]

Like someone said a lot of us who join are 18 - 23 and never had a woman who really showed such determination to be with us. So being young having money and being dumb we marry them and they fuck us over. I’m 20 and in the army and I will never fall for the trap

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

I was their worst story, Father, a vet of the Korean and Vietnam wars, I grew up in the military, living on base or near it, as a young adult I was often dis-regarded, when I ever saw these so called loving, dedicated wives doing this sort of thing, I would turn them in, not only with date and time, but with who and where.

[@matthewhummel1572]

Every day I thank the dear Lord that I was never stupid enough to get married in the military.

[@chrisanthemum7]

Not in the military but to be fair this sounds difficult AF. I'm a church goin' woman but if I was being honest as a military wife realistically I could probably deal with a 9-month deployment before I was climbing the walls. And definitely not without family and friends if I had kids. And what's this about being on a base with other soldiers like... that's insane.

[@earlycuyler2295]

Guy in my basic had a gf that he used to brag about for some reason. She was into " group activities". I never hung around with him but i heard about them in an admin briefing 2 years after id forgotten about it. They got busted having a non exclusively hetero sex and drug party on base. They got caught because everyone involved came down with the same strain of herpes, and they all went to the doctor within days of each other.it was kind of a big story on base for a while. Most of them got kicked out, the few guys that didnt were transfered

[@alaskanspartan89]

I’m not in the military but I heard it from grandma. This takes place in 1950’s a wife of higher ranks guys (I don’t remember which one) went out shopping. When she came back, she saw one of privates in her house and she demanded what he was in her house. He told her she was in his house. She was so embarrassed.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Ha

[@WobblesandBean]

Lol! Well to be fair, military housing does tend to look the same.

[@michaelryan3818]

USAF veteran here. Buddy of mine was on a year long tour, his wife cheated with a mutual friend to include moving him into their house. Buddy returns from deployment and she kicks new guy out. He commits suicide a couple weeks later. His family is connected and gets a wrongful death investigation. Apparently wife had been telling new guy to kill himself because he's worthless and nothing compared to buddy. Buddy had no idea any of this was going on. Buddy is denied reenlistment because of the bad optics. The 3CCG had a habit of throwing airmen under the bus for anything so long as they maintained their image.

[@ezekielmorgan1042]

The military is much better at warning us not to do stupid crap and teaching good financial stuff, but there's also good life advice classes that are optional to go to which not everyone goes to, and the military can't force you to not marry the girl and get a mustang, they can just call you dumb for doing it

[@codyking4006]

As far as I’m concerned cheating on your spouse should come with massive fines and prison time.

[@crazychase98]

It used to be punishable femisism made it impossible

[@un0RRS]

Heard a story about a bunch of aircraft maintainers who were on a beach detachment during a cruise and decided to have a contest for who could nail the most pilots wives while they were underway. They were ridiculously successful, but word got back to the pilots, and when they touched down on base, the guys who caught the jets had no idea they were about to catch their own ass whooping.

[@Trek001]

What is beach detachment

[@un0RRS]

@@Trek001 when a squadron goes on deployment they have to fly the jets out to the boat and back to the base while the boat is at sea, so a small contingent of maintainers have to stay behind to launch and catch them. That's beach det.