Posted on Nov 26, 2014
Are married and single Soldiers treated fairly?
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Are we as leaders treating married and single Soldiers fairly?
I have heard and read on here and other places that some married Soldiers are upset that they are asked to miss special events while sometimes single Soldiers (for this topic that means not married or have any kids) state that they are always voluntold to cover down for married Soldiers or those with kids when they are not at work. I have seen married Soldiers or ones with kids get priority of when they take leave during deployment and heard the single Soldiers state that a lottery would be more fair to determine who picks first.
Do we put too much burden on these Soldiers who are not married or have kids as they have to cover down for others if their kids are graduating, sick, have conferences, have games, spouse has surgery, etc? I pick the big events such as most would understand, but some would argue that leave must be taken for each of these events so everyone is covering down for others when they are on leave anyways. But as we all know, not everyone takes leave and just sneaks out or is covered by others.
What are your thoughts?
I have heard and read on here and other places that some married Soldiers are upset that they are asked to miss special events while sometimes single Soldiers (for this topic that means not married or have any kids) state that they are always voluntold to cover down for married Soldiers or those with kids when they are not at work. I have seen married Soldiers or ones with kids get priority of when they take leave during deployment and heard the single Soldiers state that a lottery would be more fair to determine who picks first.
Do we put too much burden on these Soldiers who are not married or have kids as they have to cover down for others if their kids are graduating, sick, have conferences, have games, spouse has surgery, etc? I pick the big events such as most would understand, but some would argue that leave must be taken for each of these events so everyone is covering down for others when they are on leave anyways. But as we all know, not everyone takes leave and just sneaks out or is covered by others.
What are your thoughts?
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Man the amount of crappy weekend details I got out of when I got married was mind blowing. I don't think it is about being married or not, I think its Soldiers living in the barracks are treated unfairly compared to their married counterparts.
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LTC (Join to see), I saw single soldiers get the short end of the stick in this regard, time and again, during my 30 years of active duty. I like your comment about taking leave for special events and occasions. That might even things out a bit.
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I remember as a young PFC&SPC living in the barracks the first thing I would do after work is crack a cold beer and if anyone knocked on my door I answered with the beer in my hand because the Soldiers living in the barracks where always top of the list when it came to "hey you" details.
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