After I wrote my post on Monday, I was wasting time on facebook and came across a Canadian Military group I check out now and again. I joined to advertise family support events at one time, and I can;t say I’ve ever commented or posted anything, but I admit I check it out when I am lurking.  Which happens more now that I’m here and don’t know anyone in real life…. Anyhoo, the topic was a change in some funding for military families, but the comments, well, they weren’t about that at all. They were one big pissing contest of how much harder each base had it.  How much harder each military branch had it. There was no supporting anymore.  Only a power struggle.  Except the power was over who had the most expensive cost of living/most frequent deployments/hardest time finding work/etc. And hey, each one had points. Some cities are more expensive to live in and much harder for a spouse who wants to work to find a job.  Some cost less to live in but are far from family and friends.  Some are welcoming to military families, other’s less so. Some branches of the military deploy more frequently, some deploy into more dangerous regions and some deploy longer than others. Some people don’t have children and fee isolated.  Some people have young kids and feel trapped.  Some have special needs kids and feel no support.  Some have teenagers and feel like they are fighting a battle every day.   Some are empty nesters and feel like there’s nothing left just for them. All of these are real struggles from…