1LT Private RallyPoint Member348536<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A soldier that is not loyal to his/her partner can not be loyal to his/her buddies, unit, the Army and His country.Loyalty starts at home.2014-11-30T16:09:49-05:001LT Private RallyPoint Member348536<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A soldier that is not loyal to his/her partner can not be loyal to his/her buddies, unit, the Army and His country.Loyalty starts at home.2014-11-30T16:09:49-05:002014-11-30T16:09:49-05:001SG Private RallyPoint Member348555<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I disagree. One can be loyal to their country and still cheat on a spouse. One can be loyal to their unit and still end up breaking up with a partner.<br /><br />With a 50% divorce rate, we have a very unloyal country.Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 30 at 2014 4:38 PM2014-11-30T16:38:56-05:002014-11-30T16:38:56-05:00MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca348573<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not necessarily. Look at organized crime figures through history, loyal to "la familia" and "la cosa nostra", but not necessarily to their spouse. IMHO, everyone chooses their loyalties ad hoc, there is no order of precedence that is followed.Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Nov 30 at 2014 4:50 PM2014-11-30T16:50:34-05:002014-11-30T16:50:34-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member367485<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="166043" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/166043-56x-chaplain-candidate">1LT Private RallyPoint Member</a> If that philosophy was true, we would have an Army of 50,000 Soldiers maybe out of a million perhapsResponse by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2014 1:54 PM2014-12-12T13:54:20-05:002014-12-12T13:54:20-05:001LT Private RallyPoint Member367542<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We do not choose our birth family, but we do choose our life partner( husband and wife). And it is completely nonsense to marry somebody you are not intending to be loyal or honest to. Tribulations and trials may plague a marriage, but all these are meant to build endurance, forbearance and unconditional love in us. We all have our shortcomings. But once disloyalty and dishonesty have started in the household, it becomes a pattern that can settle in our job, relationship with others and many other things.Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2014 2:36 PM2014-12-12T14:36:50-05:002014-12-12T14:36:50-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member367543<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="166043" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/166043-56x-chaplain-candidate">1LT Private RallyPoint Member</a>,<br /><br />That isn't true. It depends on one's values and how much importance one places on each relationship. Personally speaking, I know that I only have one country and one unit (at any given time) and will always be loyal to them. As for partners? Meh... a guy can always be replaced and there are plenty of fish in the sea. This is not so with the Army.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2014 2:37 PM2014-12-12T14:37:11-05:002014-12-12T14:37:11-05:001SG Private RallyPoint Member367599<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>While we disagree on this, I am curious why you would vote me down, and not all the others that also disagreed with you. That is why I voted you downResponse by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2014 3:26 PM2014-12-12T15:26:29-05:002014-12-12T15:26:29-05:00SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member368000<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There is no truth in that statement. I know several people that have been I loyal to a spouse, but I would trust them with my life. I think it all depends on the circumstances that affect the person.Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2014 10:11 PM2014-12-12T22:11:10-05:002014-12-12T22:11:10-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member511888<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I disagree...loyalty to units and partners is very different...I do feel there is a negative view on an individual that can't keep their family together... Which I feel is not correctly fielded. I heard this view second hand when my 1st NCO was going through a divorce... The mentality that was stated was if he could not keep his family to get her how could he lead his troops. I feel that is apples and oranges... The same degree of accountability that is held to soldiers and the honesty should be brought into a relationship....if you are unhappy get a divorce...if you complain and don't get a divorce then shut up and stop whining...do better. Generally speaking of course... I am not am counselor...lolResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 3:33 PM2015-03-04T15:33:37-05:002015-03-04T15:33:37-05:002014-11-30T16:09:49-05:00