Wives losing their VA Education Benefits
I spent twenty-two years supporting my husband, waiting for the return from down range, raising the children, living overseas without any family, standing by his side through the good, the bad, the sad, and the ugly days he struggled with. I lost sleep wondering if the knock at my door was going to be “The Knock” I made sure to give back to the military community with long hours of volunteer work- Mentoring, Tutoring, Soccer Coach, Baseball Coach, PTA, you name it, I did it. A military wife wants nothing more to make her husband proud, but most importantly, I wanted to be sure his reputation as a soldier was up to par. I wanted my husband to never have to worry about the day in and day out of his families stresses, so I always made sure to say “Everything is just fine.” Even if it wasn’t. So many years we made promises to each other- Love, Honor, Support, Give and protect one another.
This is only a short version to my story. After Tweenty-four years in the U.S. Army my husband retires with honorably, and our family relocated from Germany to North Carolina, and back to our Native state of residency, Texas. My husband gets to Texas a few months before the family does for work. My boys and I relocate ourselves from North Carolina to Texas. We’re all excited, everyone is starting to go back to school including myself, I so longed for this time, I waited twenty-two years for this opportunity, a promise my dear husband made to me for all my sacrifices and dedication to his successes. Two weeks later, he asks for a divorce and now I’m losing all my VA benefits- Hazelwood benefits; Chapter 35 benefits.
I don’t understand at no fault of her/ his own does a spouse have to lose everything they have worked so hard for, sacrificed time, holidays, births of nephews, nieces, saying goodbye to loss ones because relocation is continents away. Congress says we’re a huge part to our soldier’ success if that is true, then why are we punished when the soldier breaks his promises to his spouse of Tweent-Two years of marriage?
Supporting wives/husbands, we have already sacrificed, we did our part for our service member. Why must we now suffer for the good of our actions? I’m asking our Congress, President Trump, and the US Senate to please take a good hard look at this situation. I am not alone in this matter, there are so many more just like myself who suffer these after effects of combat wounded soldiers. We all suffer together and in some cases are force to suffer alone.
Please take into consideration my petition and truly try to understand this is an issue that must be resolved immediately.
Sincerely,
JoAnna Becker
This is only a short version to my story. After Tweenty-four years in the U.S. Army my husband retires with honorably, and our family relocated from Germany to North Carolina, and back to our Native state of residency, Texas. My husband gets to Texas a few months before the family does for work. My boys and I relocate ourselves from North Carolina to Texas. We’re all excited, everyone is starting to go back to school including myself, I so longed for this time, I waited twenty-two years for this opportunity, a promise my dear husband made to me for all my sacrifices and dedication to his successes. Two weeks later, he asks for a divorce and now I’m losing all my VA benefits- Hazelwood benefits; Chapter 35 benefits.
I don’t understand at no fault of her/ his own does a spouse have to lose everything they have worked so hard for, sacrificed time, holidays, births of nephews, nieces, saying goodbye to loss ones because relocation is continents away. Congress says we’re a huge part to our soldier’ success if that is true, then why are we punished when the soldier breaks his promises to his spouse of Tweent-Two years of marriage?
Supporting wives/husbands, we have already sacrificed, we did our part for our service member. Why must we now suffer for the good of our actions? I’m asking our Congress, President Trump, and the US Senate to please take a good hard look at this situation. I am not alone in this matter, there are so many more just like myself who suffer these after effects of combat wounded soldiers. We all suffer together and in some cases are force to suffer alone.
Please take into consideration my petition and truly try to understand this is an issue that must be resolved immediately.
Sincerely,
JoAnna Becker
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