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as mentioned broc left monday for air force officer training. so far, it just feels like he is gone for a quick business trip. i’m sure in another week or so, i might feel differently. have been reading military family blogs and trying to get a glimpse of what the future holds for us as an air force family. truthfully, the most frustrating thing so far, is that there is no real source of information for the wives/spouses? or maybe i just haven’t found it yet? i know that really everything and all things military won’t take over our lives until broc finishes his first few years of medical school but, um hello, it is official now. i don’t have a husband for 30 days, doesn’t get much more real than that. so where is the information? how do i find it?
there is a graduation at the end of the month of training that i’d like to fly out and surprise broc by attending but as i started to contemplate and plan, all sorts of questions fly threw my mind. primarily, how do titan and i get access to the base? we haven’t been issued an id card as of yet. so how do we get the cards? can we just show up? etc. etc. you get the point. i mean this is the military we are talking about. i am fairly certain we can’t just wander around and make ourselves right at home. yet, where do i go for information, how do i figure this all out. are wives even invited to the graduation?
i asked broc on the phone tonight about the graduation and if he had heard any details and as always the answer was “no”. now i’m not sure if this is just my husband not doing enough research or using the channels of information available to him, or if really, this has not been discussed at all in any of his materials. i am flying by the seat of my pants here. there has to be information somewhere? right? anyone out there in the military? primarily someone who has done the medical school route? there is so much information online and on the main website for the air force, yet none of it is helping. hmmmm. all well, i’m sure i’ll find something out. somehow. 🙂
the thing i am mainly frustrated over right now is the reaction i get from people when they hear my husband is away at training for the air force. the primary response is, why in the world would you want to be in the military? why in the world would you sign away your life like that? are you crazy? in fact, we have been getting this response from various people since he first sent in his papers. people look at me like we’re insane &/or go off about politics, wars, stupid leaders, or whatever. it makes me both frustrated and sad.
did i ever in a million years dream of being a military wife before broc mentioned it. not once! it never even crossed my mind. in fact, when broc first mentioned it i thought he was joking around. i soon realized though he wasn’t. he was for real. i saw though the dedication to service in his eyes and heard it in his words. he’s not doing this for the money (what money? is what i say to that, he’d make a lot more money going the civilian route). he wants to be a doctor in the air force so he can serve and heal those men who daily are fighting for our freedom and our lives.
did i want to say yes at first? no. i realized though that i was being selfish. especially, since he wasn’t asking to go out and fight and be on the front lines, he was only asking to go away for a 6-9 months here and there to serve the men who do. broc will probably never see the war fought in person out in the line of fire, he’ll only see the effects, the after math, the wounded men & women, and that’s only if/or when he ever gets called on a tour. for the most part he’ll be serving on bases no where near a war. so who i am to say that i need him more than all the soldiers who are truly risking their lives to keep our country free.
now, i’ll be the first to admit, i don’t follow politics much (am trying to be better though) so, i probably don’t understand all of the politics of the fights we are currently fighting as a country or the logistics of it all. my response though is, regardless, there are still real men and real women fighting for us and for this country. the military is not just some organization you can choose to love or hate. it’s an organization made up of young men and women, old men and women, and their families. these are real people. real families.
so whether you support the war or not, whether you support our current government leaders or not, etc. if you have an issue with the military, please keep it to yourself. no we are not crazy. yes, we realize we have signed our lives away for at least the next 10 years & probably longer as broc plans on retiring in the military, but we have done it because we are each here, all of us, to lead big lives, to make something of ourselves, and most importantly to serve those around us and to leave the world a better place for our kids and their kids, cliche as that sounds, and we decided we could do this the best in the military.
i am excited for our son to grow up seeing his dad serving our country. for him to be surrounded by men and women who sacrifice for something bigger than themselves. for him to learn about respect, dedication, order, & self-discipline by being immersed in it. those qualities seem rather lacking sometimes in our society now days. so many youth are simply taught it’s all about them. it’s all about the here and now. it’s all about getting more rather than giving more.
i came across this quote today. i believe it says a lot:
FREEDOM
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” Ronald Reagan – 40th president of USA (1911 – 2004)
we are now a military family so broc can, in a small way, assist and serve medically, those who are fighting to keep this country free and if you thinks that’s crazy, i suggest you start looking at your own life and start looking for something bigger to live for than yourself and your little world. whatever your complaints, issues, etc. with all of it, forget about it. remember instead that these men and women are still mother’s, father’s, son’s, daughters, and spouses. they have families, people who love them, and want them to come home, in one piece. they deserve the best medical out there, hands down, and broc is being trained to provide that for them. they also deserve our thanks. whether someone serves meals on a military base or is on the front lines, they all deserve our thanks and our gratitude. not looks of “are you insane?” and a lecture on politics.
i am proud to say broc is a second lieutenant in the air force. i am proud to say we are a military family. i look forward to our journey, wherever it may lead!
xo cambria
“as a member of the united states air force, you understand the difference between ordinary and extraordinary. you’ve learned to expect more from your peers and more from yourself.”
taken from here
(an incredible code of conduct to read, what if all our youth were taught this in schools or at home?)
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My husband grew up in an airforce family. From everything I've learned from him, it's a whole different lifestyle. He grew up on bases in CA, Iceland, then finally here in UT.<br />I asked him about how you might be able to surprise your husband and get on base. The 2 things he suggested: go and talk to the airforce recruiter where he signed the papers. Second if that doesn't work,
You are fabulous Sara! Thank you for those suggestions. I am sure I am in for a total culture shock the next few years. As you described, it is a whole new lifestyle. Life's an adventure that's for sure. We want to try to pay back some of his "years" in Germany once he's done with medical school, as well as some other countries. Now I can research Iceland! :)<br />Happy