From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 10:37:08 MDT
In a message dated 9/5/2002 11:17:40 AM Central Standard Time,
CurtAdams@aol.com writes: Not really. The strict money compensation might be
more (but I don't think so - does the army really only pay $10K per year?)
Curt,
Was your figures based on a 40 hour week? If you figure the actual
hours worked you find out the $/hour number is lower than flipping burgers.
You can figure that well over half the guys that get into a punishment
situation in the military have less than a year's service. During the 2nd
year they mostly stay out of trouble but in my case I learned the ropes to
the extent I could use the ropes pretty good during my 3rd year. It seems
like I was pretty typical. After that it was actually a good life. But the
day of reckoning was always waiting for you somewhere in the future.
I ended up with some of those great benefits (my characterization) you
referred to. But remember there are only about 4% of us that really go for
that life. The military paid us exactly what they had to pay to get the
numbers of us that they needed. I should have said your elected
representatives thought they needed.
I used those benefits to my advantage and still do. I am not
apologetic.
Ron h.
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