Dirt poor?

[Big Sarge]

With my reduced salary since I have left active duty combined with medical bills from trying to use Tri-Care Reserve rather than totally depend on the VA, things are tough. On top of that, I still pay child support on 2 kids at the rate established when I was on active duty. Plus I support my adoptive daughter (not legal, but I'm the only one who has tried to be a father figure) because her mother is a severe drug addict and Bryanna has to live with her grandparents whose sole income is social security. Finally, I help out my father who as a retiree lost almost everything in the stock market a few years ago.

I'm so poor, I'm planning on moving into a tent on a little piece of property I own. It is my hope I will be able to construct a paleo style pit house to live in. I'll be able to save money to help put my 2 oldest girls through college. Unfortunately, there is little chance I will live to see Addie go to college, but she should be well taken care of with my survivor's benefits and her share of my SGLI.