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As a military family ....
....do you think its the *insert branch here* responsibility to provide your family's emergency leave transportation?
The reason I ask is bc I have a friend on FB who is ranting that her husband's unit is failing her family bc it wont pay for her whole family to fly home for her MIL funeral.
I understand the desire to be home for the funeral but I dont feel it is the unit's responsibility to fund the trip. I know that each branch offers a loan program for emergency funds and I offered that suggestion to her, but her husband has maxed out his amount he can borrow in his current loans.
I wonder if her H worked for a civilian company if she would expect the same treatment?
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Agreed.
And, either they've had a rough stretch or they need to learn to manage money better. To have maxed out on emergency relief funds/loans is not good.
Personally, I'd have a difficult time keeping my opinion to myself. Her rants to her non-military family & friend's may harm people's perceptions of the military. I can see how this could morph into the "military keeping the family from his mother/the kids' grand other's funeral" when that is not the case. What a situation!
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...do you think its the *insert branch here* responsibility to provide your family's emergency leave transportation?
No. I do not.
If he is overseas and has to come home, that should be an exception. But if a family member dies and the funeral is in another country it is not.
Exactly.
That's insane that she feels entitled to something like that. It's military wives like that that keep me rolling my eyes in disgust. I hate being associated with them, because there seem to be so many...
His unit did grant him leave, but apparently that is not enough in his wife's eyes.
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013
I'm having a hard time not saying anything, but because of the funeral factor I dont want to seem like I am causing drama by "calling her out" on fb. I Have made comments to her before about what she has posted, and it didnt go well.
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013
I agree that a savings account is a must for every family and can help out in situations like these.
It just kills me that she is blasting the military all over her fb posts and people are agreeing with her. I cant be sympathetic to the situation at all because 1. its not your employers responsibility to pay for transportation 2. just last month she was talking about her wonderful family vacation & the month prior announced on fb she had to file for bankruptcy.
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013
She said when they were stationed in Hawaii (yes HI is overseas) his unit paid for them to fly home for a family emergency. I had to explain to her that a space available flight through the Air Force is not paid for by the unit.
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013
Aww. Does she have a bunch of stuff that says "(insert branch here) wife: The toughest job in the military"?
I bet she does.
As a matter of fact, she DOES! lol
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013
I agree with this! I work at a university and would never think of asking them to pay for my travel. I mean that is crazy and not to mention, I would hate to get laughed at by the HR department for that request.
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Do I expect it? No. Did I know a program like that existed? No, not until a death happened.
We are overseas and when my brother passed away we had planned on sending me right away which would have been close to $6,000 for me and another $5500 for my husband who was to leave a few days after me. We had savings to cover this and were about to punch in our CC when we got a call. What I didn't know (and I'm glad they called when they did) was his command had been booking a flights for both of us. They received the RC message as well since my mom told them where H worked. Apparently his unit has a line in their budget for these types of cases (loss of parent, sibling or child of you or your spouse). I was overwhelmed with their generosity and I would never expect it no matter where we are stationed.