Yes, I served in the Marines for 4 years and I experienced this firsthand. Unmarried service members often times get the short end of the stick: less pay (if ma

Yes, I served in the Marines for 4 years and I experienced this firsthand. Unmarried service members often times get the short end of the stick: less pay (if married, you get extra money for housing and food, and separation allowance if you don’t live with your spouse), crappier or more duties (hey! Give the unmarried people stuff to do after normal work, they have no spouse to go home to!), and more. This leads to a whole set of issues: people - especially junior service members - get “contract marriages” where they get married just for the extra benefits money and benefits, which leads to a high divorce rate, and people getting charged under the UCMJ for cheating on their “spouses”. It’s dumb and insane and people should all be paid the same and receive the same benefits