Originally Posted by
Moshjath
Money isn’t her primary concern in becoming a doctor (though it doesn’t do to ignore it...) It’s something she’s wanted to do for a long time- after West Point, she served as an Infantry Battalion MEDO for a couple of years, did an Afghan deployment for nine months, then worked as a area support medical company XO before she got out at the end of her five year obligation. The primary concern is over 78 months of marriage, we’ve spent less than half of that living together due to multiple deployments, different postings, and professional development schools. This latest surprise deployment is leading me to actually pursue a career change that I’ve thought about for a long time. I’m absolutely enjoying Company Command, but it won’t last forever and at some point I will pass the guidon. She’s ok with moving maybe every five or six years, and as an EM doc she shouldn’t have too much of an issue finding work. She’s not really ok with me dragging her all over the US moving every 2 to 3 years to relatively crappy locales in the current career trajectory.