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Dark Side of the Army - [Preface]
Dark Side of the Army
By Sean Rowe
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Excerpt 2 - Horrible Money Management
Another negative of the military is the horrible money management, which also results in poor housing, food, recreational facilities, and moral boosting programs especially in foreign countries such as Korea. Soldiers are repeatedly being threatened with reduced or stopped pay because of funding issues. The Army has two programs known as B.O.S.S. (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers) and M.W.R (Moral, Welfare, and Recreation) which were specifically designed to improve and sustain the moral of soldiers away from home. These programs in South Korea and at Fort Huachuca were virtually non-existent. In Korea I took over as the company B.O.S.S. representative in an attempt to help soldiers, but I was not able to do much except inform fellow soldiers of over-priced week long trips to China which no one had time for due to our busy training schedule. I was first exposed to "Moral, Welfare, and Recreation" buildings during my deployment to Iraq in 2004 and they were incredible. The M.W.R facilities at my South Korean base and my next duty station at Ft. Huachuca were worthless, which is ironic since both were established long before the Iraq invasion. These facilities were run by civilians and closed early. There were no other recreational facilities for my unit besides the gym. I believe this is why the majority of soldiers in South Korea were heavy drinkers; I know it was true for me.
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