The Army Wife Handbook: A Complete Social Guide

The Army Wife Handbook: A Complete Social Guide
by Ann Crossley

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Author: Ann Crossley
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-18
ISBN: 0962622826
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Abi Pr

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Summary: 4 Stars

The review: My husband was in the Arny for four years, and during that time I did read this book. The book itself is good in a way that most military etiquette books are. It encourages Army wives to accept, understand and embrace the military lifestyle without question. Books of this nature are especially good for women whose husbands plan to make a career out of the military. In other words, if the Army is going to be your bread and butter, learn to play the game now. This book can help you to do that.

The response: I've noticed a few reviews which go off into a tangent and give the enlisted wives out there a bit of a lecture for having some negative feelings. My husband was enlisted, and I will say here and now that the bitterness displayed here is justified in many ways.
When my husband entered the Army, I never thought that I would see some of the discepancies that I did. We're not talking about the enlisted quarters having bare floors while the officers' housing has wall-to-wall. We're talking abut the officers' kids having state of the art playgrounds while the enlisted children play on structures with nails sticking out them. We're talking about the officers having a nice club while the enlisted/NCOs have no club at all. We're talking about the OWC members who pull strings through their husbands to make sure that the EWC never outshines them.We're talking about officers' wives getting the royal treatment after giving birth while the enlisted wives are put four to a room where they share one bathroom. I could go on, but I think the message is clear.And before anyone spouts off that enlisted soldiers and their families are treated according, the only things officers and their families are entitled to is higher pay and BAH.Nothing else!
To the officers' wives who criticize enlisted wives for being angry, consider why they feel that way instead of chalking it up to them being jealous. Look at the way you and your sister wives treat them. Look at the way the system treats them. Try going to the clinic or the club or the chapel on the arm of a enlisted man and see how fast your world changes.
I tried to befriend officers' wives all during my husbands enlistemtn and all I got was the cursory pat on the shoulder and the condescending, "Oh, we'll get together soon." Um, yeah,right.And the check is in the mail.

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