There are many things about being "married to the military" that are interesting. After much thought, debate, and laughing, I came up with...drumroll, please...

"The Top Ten Most Annoying Things About the Military"
For a recap, we've already done 3-10:
#10: Military Clocks Run in a Different Universe than Regular Clocks
#9: Your "Worth as a Person" is Defined by Your Husband's Rank
#8: The Uniforms
#7: It's Impossible to Get a Damn Vacation (aka "Leave")
#6: If Something Goes Wrong, It's Always Someone Else's Fault
#5: Military Health Care
#4: Being Required to Give Your Significant Other "Special Treatment"
#3: The "Men" in the Military Don't Grow Up

and....for today, #2: They "Field Day", but can't put their socks away

"Field Day" is the Navy's term for cleaning up the ship.

For those of you who haven't been in the Navy, it will be hard to explain. Cleanliness is an obsession. Between the crews, we literally spend 24 hours straight cleaning the boat. Nothing is this dirty- not even an engine room. As students, the favorite job to claim was to stand in front of the feed pumps. They leaked about ten drops of water a minute. You could stand there and wipe the pumps. Rub the floor...stand back up, and wipe the water. Trust me, this was a good job. There was actually something to clean up. Even the damn bilges (which collect water and oil) were spotless. This boat didn't have a single mote of dust that collect.

But, then the men come home. And there are socks on the floor. How hard is it to throw the socks in the laundry basket?

And dishes....they just stick them in the sink. Don't even rinse them off. How hard is it to rinse off a plate? And maybe, just maybe, stick it in the dishwasher?

And the idea of doing anything that hints at actual "cleaning" (such as vacuuming, dusting, scrubbing windows, scrubbing floors) is beyond their imagination. 

Is this a military thing or a guy thing?