Grabbing hold of only the best parts of being Gen Y

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By Charlie Reed, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, November 3, 2008

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They say they are completely dependent on the Internet. The couple is characteristically techno-savvy but unusually well-established.

Both soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery in Hanau, Germany, the Lawsheas own two homes — one in Germany and one in the States. They also are parents to a 3-year-old boy.

Ashly, a 23-year-old corporal, and Joshua, a 24-year-old specialist, joined the military after high school for the stability, benefits and educational opportunities they say were hard-pressed to find elsewhere.

"I didn’t have a choice," said Ashly, a native of Santa Barbara, Calif.

"I had to get out of my house. And after struggling working three jobs, I could barely put gas in my car."