Some Special Forces soldiers are struggling with lack of child care: "The family is being left...

Thankfully when I was downrange, my wife held down the fort. Her father was a USMC LtCol aviator who rose from E-0 in WWII to fighter jock in Korea and Vietnam. She learned at the knees of the masters. I don't see how two job families make it especially if they are very junior enlisted.

I don't believe it's an issue for just Special Forces soldiers. It's an issue across the board for families where both parents work. I see how it can be really difficult if both parents are military, but that's why one of them is usually in a non-deployable status while the other can be deployed. One of them is supposed to be available to care for their children. I've been retired six years now, and I can't remember the exact term, but I know my dual-military couples were always required to have a "Dependent Care Plan" to ensure people were identified to care for the children, when schedules conflicted.

I don't want to seem hard-nosed here, but both parents working full-time jobs while kids are pre-school aged, is a choice the parents make. Sometimes its difficult to be career-minded and family-minded at the same time, but it can be done with some sacrifice. Sometimes the sacrifice is driving several hours day, because you want your kids to be cared for, by someone you trust. What a parent has to do in this case, is maximize the quality time when they are home. I've always been taught, that sacrifice means you give up something good, to get something better.

With that said, my wife quit college, when she found out she was pregnant with our first, (1988) which was before my Navy career started. I was still a college student at that time. She was a stay-at-home mom, until our youngest entered school, then she became a para-educator and worked in the schools where our kids' attended during two PCS tours. She only worked outside the home when we lived in Washington state and Colorado.
She was always home, when the kids were home. Being in the Navy, sea duty, was sea duty, I left every time the ship left. Shore duty was shore duty and we maximized our family time when I was home. Was there sacrifice, yes. Our youngest is almost 25 years old, when he has issues or needs advice, he calls his mom. When he wants to share an accomplishment, like his latest day at the lake fishing, he calls me.
My wife is the "foundation", "bed-rock" call it what you want, for our kids, I can't replace that. She developed a relationship with all four of them, that is inseparable, and that's because she raised them.
. . . . and I'm forever grateful that she did.
She only delayed her personal goals, she went back to school a couple years back and earned her Bachelor's degree, she's considering, possibly returning and finishing a masters degree. All while she assist our daughters with homeschooling seven grandchildren.

Just my opinion, I realize my family's situation is probably not like anyone else's.