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Participant[quote=briansd1]I know a guy who joined to go fight in Iraq because he wanted to sponsor his mother who is old and sick.[/quote]
briansd1, your post is telling. This type of fraud is/was rampant in the military. I know of a military “sponsor” who somehow managed to bring over twenty-one (21) “dependents” up to the age of 77, listed on his “Page 13,” all from one particular Asian country. Each of those “dependents” no doubt recieved their own military dependent I.D. card.
Typically, if an American citizen or legal resident “promises” to support a “sponsored” individual in order to bring them here and then the sponsor or sponsored individual later has issues (financial/medical problems?) which make it impossible for the sponsor to continue to support them months/years after they legally enter the US, then that new “legal” immigrant may be eligible for SSI due to age and disability. By virtue of being eligible for SSI, they are automatically eligible for Medi-Cal. If you don’t believe me, check the rules.
[quote=SDRealtor]Bearish I guess as I said I have seen both sides of the service blade. I know plenty of 20 year retirees who live on good pensions and now accel in the private sector. So yes they are eating up valuable funds.[/quote]
SDRealtor, IMHO, a service member who has served twenty years in ANY era DESERVES EVERY PENNY of their military retirement. They have EARNED IT, in SPADES. If the retirement wasn’t there as an incentive, no enlistee would stay in past the four years needed to earn some educational assistance. Yes, about half of military retirees are successful in their careers after retirement. Most of the ones who are successful (due to having an advanced education) were officers in the military. A few enlisted personnel are successful as well, such as my ex-spouse. For retired enlistees without a college degree, it takes a lot of perseverence, guts and the right contacts to be successful, all of which he possessed.
I am completely against the government conferring benefits upon “dependents” outside of a member’s immediate family.
Participant[quote=briansd1]I know a guy who joined to go fight in Iraq because he wanted to sponsor his mother who is old and sick.[/quote]
briansd1, your post is telling. This type of fraud is/was rampant in the military. I know of a military “sponsor” who somehow managed to bring over twenty-one (21) “dependents” up to the age of 77, listed on his “Page 13,” all from one particular Asian country. Each of those “dependents” no doubt recieved their own military dependent I.D. card.
Typically, if an American citizen or legal resident “promises” to support a “sponsored” individual in order to bring them here and then the sponsor or sponsored individual later has issues (financial/medical problems?) which make it impossible for the sponsor to continue to support them months/years after they legally enter the US, then that new “legal” immigrant may be eligible for SSI due to age and disability. By virtue of being eligible for SSI, they are automatically eligible for Medi-Cal. If you don’t believe me, check the rules.
[quote=SDRealtor]Bearish I guess as I said I have seen both sides of the service blade. I know plenty of 20 year retirees who live on good pensions and now accel in the private sector. So yes they are eating up valuable funds.[/quote]
SDRealtor, IMHO, a service member who has served twenty years in ANY era DESERVES EVERY PENNY of their military retirement. They have EARNED IT, in SPADES. If the retirement wasn’t there as an incentive, no enlistee would stay in past the four years needed to earn some educational assistance. Yes, about half of military retirees are successful in their careers after retirement. Most of the ones who are successful (due to having an advanced education) were officers in the military. A few enlisted personnel are successful as well, such as my ex-spouse. For retired enlistees without a college degree, it takes a lot of perseverence, guts and the right contacts to be successful, all of which he possessed.
I am completely against the government conferring benefits upon “dependents” outside of a member’s immediate family.
ParticipantDataAgent, I have been a member of PACER for 12 years. It is the website of the Clerk of the U.S. District Court. The U.S. District Court comprising SD County is referred to as “CASD.” In order do searches or view and/or print the records for a nominal amount (.08 per pg.) you must join PACER. They will mail you a password.
See:
https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/psco/cgi-bin/register.plParticipantDataAgent, I have been a member of PACER for 12 years. It is the website of the Clerk of the U.S. District Court. The U.S. District Court comprising SD County is referred to as “CASD.” In order do searches or view and/or print the records for a nominal amount (.08 per pg.) you must join PACER. They will mail you a password.
See:
https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/psco/cgi-bin/register.plParticipantDataAgent, I have been a member of PACER for 12 years. It is the website of the Clerk of the U.S. District Court. The U.S. District Court comprising SD County is referred to as “CASD.” In order do searches or view and/or print the records for a nominal amount (.08 per pg.) you must join PACER. They will mail you a password.
See:
https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/psco/cgi-bin/register.plParticipantDataAgent, I have been a member of PACER for 12 years. It is the website of the Clerk of the U.S. District Court. The U.S. District Court comprising SD County is referred to as “CASD.” In order do searches or view and/or print the records for a nominal amount (.08 per pg.) you must join PACER. They will mail you a password.
See:
https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/psco/cgi-bin/register.plParticipantDataAgent, I have been a member of PACER for 12 years. It is the website of the Clerk of the U.S. District Court. The U.S. District Court comprising SD County is referred to as “CASD.” In order do searches or view and/or print the records for a nominal amount (.08 per pg.) you must join PACER. They will mail you a password.
See:
https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/psco/cgi-bin/register.plParticipantCAR, I forgot to add that I wasn’t “childless” during deployments. I’ve done the “stroller-on- the-pier-thing” for hours in 90-degree heat many times, that is, when I was able to take a whole day off WORK to meet him.
ParticipantCAR, I forgot to add that I wasn’t “childless” during deployments. I’ve done the “stroller-on- the-pier-thing” for hours in 90-degree heat many times, that is, when I was able to take a whole day off WORK to meet him.
ParticipantCAR, I forgot to add that I wasn’t “childless” during deployments. I’ve done the “stroller-on- the-pier-thing” for hours in 90-degree heat many times, that is, when I was able to take a whole day off WORK to meet him.
ParticipantCAR, I forgot to add that I wasn’t “childless” during deployments. I’ve done the “stroller-on- the-pier-thing” for hours in 90-degree heat many times, that is, when I was able to take a whole day off WORK to meet him.
ParticipantCAR, I forgot to add that I wasn’t “childless” during deployments. I’ve done the “stroller-on- the-pier-thing” for hours in 90-degree heat many times, that is, when I was able to take a whole day off WORK to meet him.
ParticipantCAR, perhaps your friend’s anguish of her Marine spouse leaving AGAIN for a war-zone is rubbing off on her young kids. She and all her eligible family members can use Tricare and/or Tricare Prime for low cost counseling, each with their own psychologist. Some practitioners will even counsel the parent and child(ren) together. She needs to get involved in the network of help available to her.
My ex-spouse joined in 1974, during the end of the Vietnam war. He was assigned to several ships which toured the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf frequently and visited foreign war zones on the ground for humanitarian purposes, where disease was rampant, such as Mogadishu in Somalia. No, we did not have the back-to-back conficts like today (Afghanistan and Iraq) but nevertheless, he was deployed without access to e-mail, video or a pay phone. GONE IS GONE. It took 3 wks. to 3 mos. to get a letter from him and a Morse Code message to the ship was answered by the command within a week, ONLY if important. These messages had to be sent from an office in downtown SD (meter pkg.) and the sender had to prepare it first and be present to send it by first waiting in a long line.
Yes, CAR, you are correct that housing prices were 50% lower 15 years ago, but interest rates were higher and I stand by my assertion that military families today in SD receive THREE TIMES the housing allowance we did, for the same rank. We have truly come a long way in the care of military families and IMO, they are very well provided for.
ParticipantCAR, perhaps your friend’s anguish of her Marine spouse leaving AGAIN for a war-zone is rubbing off on her young kids. She and all her eligible family members can use Tricare and/or Tricare Prime for low cost counseling, each with their own psychologist. Some practitioners will even counsel the parent and child(ren) together. She needs to get involved in the network of help available to her.
My ex-spouse joined in 1974, during the end of the Vietnam war. He was assigned to several ships which toured the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf frequently and visited foreign war zones on the ground for humanitarian purposes, where disease was rampant, such as Mogadishu in Somalia. No, we did not have the back-to-back conficts like today (Afghanistan and Iraq) but nevertheless, he was deployed without access to e-mail, video or a pay phone. GONE IS GONE. It took 3 wks. to 3 mos. to get a letter from him and a Morse Code message to the ship was answered by the command within a week, ONLY if important. These messages had to be sent from an office in downtown SD (meter pkg.) and the sender had to prepare it first and be present to send it by first waiting in a long line.
Yes, CAR, you are correct that housing prices were 50% lower 15 years ago, but interest rates were higher and I stand by my assertion that military families today in SD receive THREE TIMES the housing allowance we did, for the same rank. We have truly come a long way in the care of military families and IMO, they are very well provided for.
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