I'm no longer proud. My husband serves those who serve those who serve the swamp, and I'm honestly starting to doubt whether he has ever produced anything of value. His service overseas was a just a plot to launder money into the pockets of James Biden and his ilk. I don't want to have anything to do with anyone who takes orders from the illegitimate PEDOTUS regime.
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Hey, I just want to let you know that you're not the only one that feels this way; a lot of us know how you feel even within the armed forces.
For the most part, the military is a jobs program. Pure and simple; this rings especially true in my former specialty where young E-4's will join up, learn a few skills, and find a job in the private sector for much more than the military pays them a shit ton more without making them have to obey (oftentimes, but not always) idiotic orders.
The fact is that there are good Servicemembers within the rank and file. Unfortunately, they get to the point (for both Officer and Enlisted) around the ten year mark where they have to become professional bureaucrats and obliterate a few careers along the way to get ahead; otherwise they get drummed out. The day I learned this, I put in my packet to get out. Could not be happier, but your mileage may vary, thus, I can't speak for your husband.
For me, I was brainwashed at a very young age to believe that the Army was the end all, be all. It's not, and I've become a lot happier coming to that realization and making gradual steps to permanently separate myself from all functions involving the public sector in general; this is difficult considering that there is an entire industry dedicated towards headhunting for recently separated Servicemembers to suck right back in to government work.
It took me a lot of work, a lot of resume polishing, and a mild degree of luck break away. Perhaps you can gently nudge your husband to do the same if you feel up for it--but it can be done.
Thanks for this well though out answer.
Since you're Army, you'll understand when I say "military" is probably too strong a word to describe our situation. My husband WAS once Army enlisted, but since I've know him he's been an Air Force officer. I swear he does nothing but write emails nobody reads and attend meetings that accomplish nothing. Maybe that's the point. Maybe I would feel differently at any of our previous duty stations, but right now he literally works in the swamp. This is the only place we've lived that I've hated.
I'm not ASHAMED of his service. I'm just kind of cringe about it right now. You know, it's probably not even the military. It's his direct ties to the swamp. I mean, a friend took him to breakfast at a place frequented by Judas Pence, FFS. (The traitor wasn't there at the time, nor did we not know yet that he's a traitor.)
Ohhh, I see what you mean. That is a pretty big jump. A lot of officer work is centered around coordination and planning, especially if you're staff; the constant wall-to-wall meetings and emails is a reality of the job. I can totally understand your concern when it comes to that, especially when back in his Army days he might say "hey honey, I'm going out to the field for a week".