DD just spent a month in the army.... starting pay for boot camp was 1200.00 a month...... just what year was this article written? not to say life isn't hard, but 20% increase since GWB took office.....
Someone that is in the military that has three children, should have been in long enough to be making a decent living. Maybe the new boat and the new truck to pull it with should wait a while. You see it all the time in Norfolk.
The pay is better, no where near as good as it should be. But it seems this article is suggesting that finances are worse because a spouse is deployed. If we just weren't in a war. Seems to me that in the 90's, when we weren't at "war," our soldiers were using food stamps to feed their families.
A recruit earns more than $1104...that number is bogus....My Sp4 son earns about $2000 a month...and my 1sg hubby, well, we won't go there...but it's not bad, thanks to Prez Bush and his recent raises......btw...those serving in Iraq(which my hubby did) recieve extra bonuses..Hazzard Duty, Separation etc which are tax free...people in the military have to learn to live within there means....but, we still have a long way to go and no one serving this country should have to go to a Food Locker!