Very well laid out and I agree totally. The reserves is just that, The RESERVES. You can and in this day in age will be deployed.
I know it is sad but something tells me that regardless if he was in Iraq or not they probably couldn't afford the house to begin with. BTW I hate the war just as much as the next liberal but we currently have a volunteer army and nobody is forcing these people to sign-up with the heavy potential that you will get shipped to Iraq. J.J. On 10/1/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am assuming that her husband is in the Guard or Reserves. If this is > the case, I can't feel too sorry for her because her husband joined the > military part time, knowing that he could be deployed at any time. > Whether or not it was before or after they bought their house is not > important. If they bought the house and then he joined the military, > then he should have taken into consideration that he could be deployed > at any time, how much they were going to pay him, and if that would not > cover their expenses, then either move to a less expensive house or > don't join the military. If he was already in when the house was bought, > then once again they should have taken into consideration the fact that > he could be deployed, how much was he going to make, and then buy a > house that they could afford in case this were to happen. > > When I bought my first house back in '99, I was not in the National > Guard. We bought a house well below what we qualified for because I did > not want most of my civilian paycheck to go towards a house payment. I > thought that it would be a neat idea to actually have money left over to > enjoy other things in life. Later on after we closed on the house, I > joined the National Guard. Before doing so, I looked up how much a > Sergeant gets paid for being activated. Not deployed in a combat zone, > just activated for whatever reason. I determined that I could still > afford my house with the Army pay so I joined the Guard. Had I not been > able to, I would not have done this since I did not want to put my > family in Jeopardy financially. > > Now, if he is currently active duty, then how could he afford this house > in the first place? You make less money at your base than you do in a > war zone. When you are deployed to a combat zone, you pick up extra > money (imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay and family separation > allowance) as well as not having to pay taxes while you are in the tax > exclusion zone. This can be several hundred to over a thousand dollars a > month, so he would actually be coming out ahead. > > Finally, if he is an IRR (Individual Ready Reserve. This is a pool of > service members who did their 2, 3 or 4 year hitch in the active duty > military, National Guard or Reserves, and are now on call for the > remainder of their contract, which is 8 years total. If the US needs > them, they get called up to go back in). So again, if this is the case, > then he should have done what I said in the first paragraph of this > discussion. > > And before anyone goes on about 'if we were not at war in Iraq, then > none of this would be happening to this poor family'. That is crap. No > one knows for sure when and if we go to war. So again, if you are in the > military, you need to make sure that your life is such that you can > handle being deployed for long periods of time. > > > > Bruce > > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > I do real estate virtual tours on the weekend. This weekend I did a > > moderately priced house. It was a very well kept property. The > > little girls room had a really cute mural of a countryside with a > > white rail fence and a life size pony painted on it. The backyard had > > immaculately maintained landscaping along with a wooden fort/swingset. > > The rooms were all painted with nice colors, nothing too loud. > > Everything about this house expressed the owner's pride in it. > > > > The woman who was selling it was doing so because she couldn't afford > > it anymore. Her husband has been in Iraq over 2 years now. She's > > unable to make up the difference in pay. Unfortunately, I didn't know > > the situation this woman was in until afterward. I thought it odd > > that she seemed so emotional when I asked her if she painted her > > little girl's room. She seemed to be on the verge of tears during the > > time I was there. > > > > Meanwhile, we're going to ship another $190 billion to Iraq....... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243511 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
