1102
Good news, everyone! We temporarily stopped the orphan crushing machine! (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Article in case anyone wants to read it

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lots of shitty parents out there. It's so bad that before you get your first paycheck in boot camp, they march the entire division over to the Navy Federal Credit Union, and whatever Bank was on base, and made you open an account with one of them, your choice. I went with the Credit Union.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Getting the soldiers to open an account seems like a smart move. Much better to get direct deposit and a debit card/checks than to have them cash a check somewhere.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Sailors in my case. I assume they do something similar in the Army and Air Force, as it was a policy the Navy adopted sometime in the Vietnam War era, because too many parents opened bank accounts for their kids with the parents name as well, and cleaned out their pay.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent