For a single private with zero years experience, the equivalent civilian pay comes to $46,660.56/year for my zip code.
I'm stunned.
Why did I waste time not learning to shoot people? I'd have been making more money, having more fun, and looking forward to a pension in my golden years.
Screw doing something productive. Putting holes in other people pays better.
“Military pay, allowances, and health care costs have risen more than 90 percent since 2001, while the size of the active duty force has grown by less than 3 percent in that same time, according to the Council on Foreign Relations . Today the average total cost per sailor, Marine, soldier, or airman is nearly $115,000 compared with $58,000 in 2001, according to a study from the Center for American Progress. The military retirement system is projected to have an unfunded liability of $2.7 trillion by 2034, according to a Defense Business Board report.
Yes, that was trillion—with a ‘T.’”
http://news.usni.org/2013/07/10/opinion-military-pay-and-benefits-unsustainable
Accept homosexuality, transgenders, follow ROE that will get you maimed or killed, your commander in chief routinely trades terrorist back to countries that immediately release them back to the battlefield; heaven help you if you have a tattoo, mustache or any sign of manliness now...Chaplins can't pray.
Terrorist incidents are categorized as workplace accidents
Defense Secretary wants to retroactively cut your promised pay and benefits.
Perhaps it's time to let the 99% that say they support the military but have never served, defend themselves.
We need to start by substantially gutting pay for Congress and then I will know we are serious.
Welcome to FR.
Your keyboard isn’t damaged, is it?
Active Duty ping.
I’m proud of you for serving especially during that time period. But back then they weren’t sending guys for 5 or more tours of duty in combat zones. Its a whole different deal today.
I don’t think any of our boys or girls do it for the money but they deserve a decent wage. What they currently get is not that much and they sure don’t deserve a cut.
Two things you do not mess with a Marine. His Leave and His Pay.
Two things every Marine knows that you never do.
1) You don’t f*ck with a Marine’s pay
2) You don’t f*ck with a Marine’s Leave Time.
I know this Sgt Major knows this....
What he said was very dumb.