Originally posted by AirForce:
Originally posted by Sandman333:
Our military needs no more money? Go tell that to the lower enlisted soldiers with families who apply for food stamps and moonlight after working 12 hr days (with no overtime) on their military occupation. Yeah, they are so well paid it's scary.



I'd have to agree with Sandman here on this one. Military workers get paid jack squat unless they have a high rank.



Even high ranking officers, relatively speaking are poorly paid. Sure relative to the lowest paid enlisted men they make a lot more money. But if you compare the salary of a Major General in charge of a 50K member division to the CEO of any company with 50K employees, add in the much greater responsibility for the lives of his soldiers and the importance of the mission and that general is underpaid.

I know it may not seem that way to a buck sergeant fire team leader, but trust me, officers are not getting rich in the military.

TB
Former Officer

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