...recognition that the family is a very important consideration. The old saying that if the military wanted you to have a family they would have issued you one is no longer the typical response to service people with families. I will take the next few minutes...

...Mrs. Schroeder said, not many years ago, the Marine Corps espoused the philosophy that "if the corps wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one." But over the last decade, we have come a long way in realizing the significant and stabilizing contribution...

...Mrs. Schroeder said, not many years ago, the Marine Corps espoused the philosophy that "if the corps wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one." But over the last decade, we have come a long way in realizing the significant and stabilizing contribution...

...commanders that my husband has served under still seem to adhere to the old Army adage, 'if the Army had wanted you to have a family they would have issued you one."1 (E4, OCONUS) 10.4 Satisfaction with the Army as a Way of Life Spouses were asked about their...

...probably familiar with both Twenty seven years ago, the philosophy in the Army was that if the Army wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one! Today, Army Family Team Building and Army Family Action Plan have turned that antiquated way of thinking...