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Originally posted by Fmr12B:
I think active duty people get paid a fair amount.
shall we dawn upon these thingss....

All repairs are done free of charge on where you live.
-only five months after reporting the fact, and now there are three things wrong instead of one!!

You recieve a food allowance of roughly $250 per month.
-the exact amount to eat at the chow hall every month to be exact..

You are able to shop on the cheap at the Commisary and PX/BX, your family is provided with no deductible medical and dental.
-true

IMHO some of the best medical care is given to Active soldiers.
-eeehh, thats iffy, depends on the student, which most of em are..

You are given an allowance every year to buy new unifroms to go to work in.
-try being a Marine then we will see how far that goes..go to cpls course in the USMC it might make it to last inspection..

Haricuts cost $5.
-only for a lousy one. about $7 for a good one, and as a good Marine NCO, you need one twice a week usually.

Gas on the Post is much cheaper than the Shell station.
-nope, its the same, come to lejeune, then you will know.

Marines have a policy where every soldier who enters must be single, correct?

-No, 1) we are troops, army has soldiers...
2) you dont have to be single to join the corps.

So you see, you have to look at every angle, yes it isnt hard at eveything, however for what we do and for what our civilian equivalent does.. it rarely ever matches up or even comes close... I have a newspaper article on such a matter that I think all of you might think interesting.. Marine Corps times.. D Davis, you might have seen it..

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