Exotic Adventures

<p>Being married while in the service of the United States does not work out unless you are an officer or a higher-rank NCO. As a lower-rank enlisted man and married even with two paychecks coming in there is never enough money. </p><p>When this story took place I was single with the exception of when I returned from West Germany. I was married in Germany and as we returned to the States there was never enough money to live the same way that we had lived while in West Germany. When I arrived in Vietnam I received a “Dear John” letter requesting a divorce.</p><p>When I returned from Vietnam living on base I requested to move off base because it was so noisy in the barracks. The amount of money that the government allows a lower-enlisted man is $105 per month. That doesn’t buy too much to live on—like gas for a vehicle oil for heating rent for a cheap housing food and you are broke. </p><p>I retired from the US Air Force last September 2 1972.</p>