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Originally Posted by alum
KR, Thanks!
M03, You are absolutely correct. There are many military members of all ranks whose dependent spouses (don't forget sometimes the wife is the active-duty member) are overqualified for the available positions on an installation.
When I recounted my experience, I used the term officers' wives because that's who I lived amongst and knew on a personal basis. Although the boundaries are blurred a bit, the junior enlisted, the NCOs, the warrants, the company-grade officers, and the field-grade officers don't really associate with eachother on a social basis except at formal functions. The Army units to which my H has been assigned have been relatively strict in this regard.
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I'm aware. I grew up just outside "the largest military installation in the free world," and am part of a family that boasts four generations of Naval officers ranked higher than Commander, so I am quite familiar with rules of fraternization, etc. This is probably why I'm so sensitive to the "wearing of the rank" that happens so often in my hometown.
I do know that there are a lot of military wives on GC whose husbands aren't officers, and they'd have very similar stories. We really can't be elitist...