What's the consensus on dependents using rank based reserved parking at exchanges/commissaries?

Most spouses don’t do this. Of those select few who do, please don’t let them represent us all, they do not. Just like those soldiers who wear their uniform incorrectly don’t represent every soldier or those soldiers who make silly decisions like being out beyond curfew in places like South Korea, do not represent every soldier.

Agreed

I was just ranting about this with my husband because a spouse was parked in a reserved CSM/SMG space. It is wrong. I told him it would be like him saying he was medical personal because his wife is. I am a proud military wife, HOWEVER my husband's rank is HIS not MINE. To bad other's don't feel the same.

Agreed

I have been an Army wife longer then I was in the service, but to me I don’t deserve the privileges my husband does he’s the one who needs to be recognized not me

For the active duty member only

I think rank based parking for should be for the active duty member while in Uniform.

Used just by members only! Sime

Dependents don’t have a rank. Therefore they should find another place to park. That would be like a doctors wife parking in the hospital in a spot that says doctors. It’s dumb, your sponsor/spouse has the rank. You don’t. Plain and simple

As a spouse if a retired navy vet. I feel that the spouse should never wear their Active Duty Members rank. You are not the one that went through boot camp and signed on that bottom line. You as a dependent are not untitled to any special privileges. As my husband's last command FRG President I got so tired of the wives of all our Sailors trying to one up each other with their husband's ranks.