As far as i know my hubby wants to retire in the army. it is his goal and dream and no matter how rough it gets i'm standing by him 100%.
Just wondering if there were any other wives who are gonna stick to the military the whole 20 & how you feel about it?

My dh has been in for 17 years, but I have only been around the navy for 4 years. It has been fun, but personally I am ready to be done. I give it to those ladies who have been with there dh's for the whole run!!

Good luck to you and your dh!!

My husband has been in almost 13 years and it would be crazy for him to get out in a year. It's really hard going through the deployments but I can handle it. Its nice knowing that you have a steady paycheck coming in every month and the benefits are great so we're going to stick it out for the 20.

My husband has been in for almost 8 yrs now. He loves what he does, and I know being a wife and being alone is hard to do. But come on, 20 years.... and he can retire! If he is happy and loves what he does, just think, 20 years is a long time, but when he can retire and then you have the rest of your lives together, it is all worth it. My husband Brent plans on retiring in the Navy and I totally support him, even though I don't like being alone now, I know in the end, it will all be worth it. I married him knowing what I was getting into it, if it is his dream to do all 20, I am standing behind him. I have uncles who retired from the military, and they have it made now. Everyone sees it a little different. I agree with NavyChiefs_Wife. Why quit now. It is good pay, despise the deployments, but it is worth it if you love one another, it will give you more time later for one another.

My husband has been in for almost 8 yrs now. He loves what he does, and I know being a wife and being alone is hard to do. But come on, 20 years.... and he can retire! If he is happy and loves what he does, just think, 20 years is a long time, but when he can retire and then you have the rest of your lives together, it is all worth it.
Agreed. My husband has a great career path within the Navy, and has been involved in some great new programs that are just now being initiated, which is making him "in demand" on his ship, and in the future, other duty stations. My dad retired from the Navy (as did my aunt), and enjoys having the retirement check in addition to a paycheck from a full time job. We fully intend to give it the full 20 years, we're already 8 years in.

DH just hit his 12 year mark. So we are headed for retirement. I could careless about the check, though it will be nice. I am looking at the medical benefits. Both my dad and step dad are retired military. I am scared of civilian life!!!!

My husband has been in the navy for 13 years and we plan on sticking it out to 20. Only 7 more to go! It's gone by really fast so far.

DH has been in 16 1/2 yrs & I have been with him through the entire experience-I feel good about it & I am all for it-I don't even want him to get out at 20 yrs but he is going to. I like the "family" feel to it & this sounds selfish but the security of it all.

DH joined through Delayed Entry our Junior year. I brought him to the bus station for bootcamp. He has been in for 19 yr this month, not counting the Delayed Entry time. Sometimes it seems the time as flown by and others it seemed so long before retirement. He isn't retiring next year. He will go until 24 or 26 yrs or at least that is the plan for now. Since he switched to Warrant Officer he has to stay in till 22 yrs, not really bad only 2 yrs over the 20 mark. I haven't minded him staying in. I guess you can't miss what you've never had. This is all we've ever known since we were both 18 yrs old. The 10 to 12 yr mark was the longest for me, it seemed as though we'd never get over the hump.

DH will be in 12 years as of this November... He's planning on doing 20... (more if he picks up Chief) and I'm behind him all the way. The Navy's been good to us, so I'm glad he's staying in!

John is going to retire. He may go over his 20, too. We'll see when that time comes. I have no problem with it. I actually am scared of and have no desire to have him go back to a civilian job. I love getting to live in different parts of the country, traveling, meeting new people, free medical, access to the Commissary, Nex, and other things on base and through the MWR. When we met, got married and until Breanna was 4 months John was working civilian jobs. He already had 4 years in the Navy and even still we were living pay check to paycheck. The Navy has been really really good to us so I'm not wanting to leave it anytime soon.

I guess you can't miss what you've never had. This is all we've ever known since we were both 18 yrs old.

We are the same. DH has been in over 20 now and we've married 19 of that. The last few years have probably been the hardest on me for a variety of reasons. I think it's more knowing that the big "R" word comes up more often and we still really don't know what he's going to do or where we will settle. It's like a restlessness. In a way I'm ready to start preparing to settle somewhere but we aren't quite to that point it. Sort of the same itch I get when it's time to move but we can't LOL I'm ready to settle but it's just not time. He's not done. :lol

I expect him to do a full 30. Overall, even with the rough patches, it's been a good life and we've been pleased with it. We would support any of our children to go into the service if they desired to do so.

Only 2 1/2 more years to 20 and he is done. Neither of us want to go back to a ship......so we will probably be staying here in Texas.

Jon has 8 1/2 years in and he plans on staying the whole 20. We have a plan. He takes care of me during that time and I get to work on getting my PhD and be a house wife since I dont want to get licensed until we are settled. Then we are going to move back to Florida and he becomes the house husband. I have no problem with it so far (only a year in) and Im sure once we can live together it will be easier. It is his career and I wont stand in the way of that. I love him and the army is just part of him.

Dh has a little over 6 years until he hits 20. He's working on his second degree which will help him with advancement while he's in and a future career for when he retires. The Navy has been very good to him (us) and I'm sure there are things I will miss when he retires. We will probably stay where we are now when he retires unless his job takes us somewhere else. We own a nice home and our children are in a good school so he'll do just about anything to stay here and not uproot our children.