It's time to stop downsizing health care, the Pentagon says. This couple can't wait

Matt and Helen Perry at their home in Yulee, Fla. (Michelle Bruzzese for NPR)

When Matt and Helen Perry first met in 2010, he had been a U.S. Marine long enough to form two strong opinions. He didn't like the U.S. Army, and he didn't like officers — which he told her on their first date.

"And I was, you know, an Army medical officer," Helen recalls.