Word: servicewomen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the isolation, families are often reluctant to leave when their two-or three-year assignments are over. Many of them volunteer for another tour. So do the unmarried servicemen, which says something about the quality of the fishing and sailing since there are only 250 single servicewomen on the base. Navy Chief Jim Starr explains why his wife and two teenage daughters are delighted with Gitmo: "We haven't been together this long since 1959." The climate is particularly popular with many Americans. Says Nieta Morrison, wife of the base's executive officer: "I feel like...
...Married servicewomen, said the court, are entitled to get the same dependency benefits that men get-which will mean $45 to $58 more per month. There are almost 9,000 married women in the services (out of a total of 48,707), but it is not yet clear how many will be affected by the ruling. The Pentagon declares, however, that it welcomes the advent of Army husbands...