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To the editor:
Virginia newspapers report enlisted military personnel, fearing cuts, are asking Congress for severance pay of up to $60,000 and other benefits to “cushion” their move into civilian life. Since enlisted personnel begin serving at about 18, those with fewer than 20 years in service are about 30 years of age.
What a contrast such an expectation is to what I, an Air Force officer’s wife who served 27 years on active duty out of a 37-year marriage, received for my years of service to my country. My former > husband abandoned me after almost four decades of marriage with my re
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