Amy McGrath

And I don't know, there were something like 50 or 60 Marines working in there, all administrative Marines.

And I showed them my marriage certificate and I was trying to figure all the benefits and all that stuff out, as you know.

And the staff sergeant, Marine Corps staff sergeant, female staff sergeant, walked right up to me and said,

I'm just telling you, ma'am, don't change your name.

It's a mess.

Your pay gets messed up.

The GI Bill gets messed up.

Your health records get messed up.

They can't find your rifle range qualifications.

And in six months, you're going to be back here trying desperately to change it back.

Uh-uh, ma'am.

I wouldn't do it if I were you.

Don't do it.

And that was what made me decide...

I don't think I'm going to change my name.

My husband loves me.

I don't need to change this name right now.

100 percent.

I mean, I think we just have to remind people how hard it is.

You know, if you do change your name, it's going to take a long time to do this in a very large government bureaucracy.