Comments on: Homefront Hero: Profile Andria, Marine Wife

By: Andria

Andria — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:47:18 +0000

faith – I absolutely agree with you, no way did I ever have it as rough as most of the spouses and families serving today. I would never, ever consider myself a hero – just a wife. I was just sharing my experiences in hopes that something I learned could make it a bit easier for the spouses who really are standing very heroically behind their spouses, especially while they are deployed. They have my utmost repect and admiration and they are in my prayers every night.

And I in no way meant any disrepect to any Pagans. I know several and truely respect them, so if that offended you, I apologize. I actually wanted to call them that other word that rhymes with “witch” but was trying to keep things PG. Since my husband served mostly in peacetimes, I can’t just excuse those wives with they just had nothing else to do while their husbands were deployed, as none of them actually were… that’s not fair to those wives who really are nearing the end of their ropes with all the deployments these days and need extra support and a bit more understanding. Some were just plain out to cause trouble, they exist in the civilian world, too, and they are just an annoying part of life, I suppose.

Thank you, faith, for your service and your husband’s service, it is greatly, and humbly appreciated.

By: faith

faith — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:27:35 +0000

While I appreciate the article, I find it hard to call any spouse a homefront hero whose spouse has not been deployed. Try being a deployed spouse of 3 times and with a hardship tour and also being in the EFMP program as an adult. PCSing 4 times to places where there was hardly the proper medical help for you while you fight to be sure your spouses career stays online becuase he is constantly deployed and can’t be in two places at one time. After being married 19 years and in the military 12 you don’t even remember what your likes and dislikes are anymore only that the Army doens’t want him to have a spouse hooked to his side. I will agree with ANdria though regarding the neighbors although I won’t call them “WItchs” as I am a Pagan and a true Witch, I would call them just busy bodies with way too much time on their hands because our spouses are deployed more than they are home anymore and patience are wearing thin. Please don’t think I making light of your situation I am a military brat have been military for over 40 years, but I have done more than share of separations, sweating bullets praying he will come home alive, while he has done deployment from desert storm, Afghanistan, Iraq and now going back for more. These are the families that need recolonization for not weathering out the storms and managing to stay together through it all.

By: brat

brat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:37:14 +0000

I LOVED reading this! Thank you SO much for sharing, Andria. I have always believed that the “girls behind the man behind the gun” are also heroes. You ALL serve. Also, most of what you said sounds like a blueprint for life…90% indeed.:) Thank you!!!

Thanks, Mrs Hooah! More, please!

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Knee Deep in the Hooah! » Marine Wife, Andria — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:16:25 +0000

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