The same?
Military members deploy where the country sends them, at great bodily risk to them and emotional risk to their families. Civilian employees don’t.
Military members pack up and move their families every two to three years.. Civilian employees don’t.
Military members are required to sign a contract for specified numbers of years of service with no option to abrogate that contract, regardless of the perverted social engineering experiments the government foists upon them... Civilian employees don’t.
So no... military retirees and their civil service counterparts are quite different.
I agree— while on Active duty I spent from Sept.69— early in 71 at Ft.Carson. —and the longest I was stationed anywhere was in the Canal Zone Dec.74— Aug.76 Everything else was ruck up and move out every 9-11 months.
And because of that, they do not have the luxury of purchasing a home which would normally be paid off by the time they retire. Instead, they are either forced to rent housing on base or off base........
I am retired military, so I hear you and agree with most of your statement. But, in defense of Federal civilians, some of them do deploy into harms way. When I was flying Air Force cargo aircraft, I brought in plenty of FBI and DoD civilians into some very dangerous areas and situations. Let's face it - some agencies are depots for overweight do-nothings (Dept of Education is a prime example). Other agencies earn their bread and I respect those people.