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Like any cuts..the first to feel it are the folks on the front lines doing the work.
Do you think anyone in an office pushing paper is going to see a cut ?
No, it's normal Joe who gets the cuts.
Teachers, police, firefighters and now soldiers. Budget cuts don't hurt the people at the top.
Not by me!!! Maybe some people forget or do not realize that it was not a volunteer army back then. You got a letter from the government that started with: "Greetings......."
I don't think some people also realize how close Japan got to attacking the US on its own soil. If it wasn't for those who served they would have succeeded. Imagine our country without a military? A country's military is a sign of it's strength.
I think you're special.
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Why?
They know what they're getting into when they join.
Duh, we're in a war.
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This coming from someone who never served in the military to protect HIS country. Or..................is the US really "his" country??? What's next - bring back the draft???
It is idiotic to pay "imminent danger pay" to soldiers when they are not in imminent danger. It's called imminent danger pay for a reason!
Also, I thought we were all about slashing the budgets. Why should social safety nets take all the hits while military budgets remain sacred and untouchable?
Anywhere where military is stationed in a country that there is hostile activity deserves more than someone stationed in Germany where there is no threat - risk factor. Are you saying that those who were stationed in Iraq as mechanics weren't at risk of being attacked because they weren't on the front line? Or those mechanics stationed in Afghanistan aren't at risk because they would be located away from the battle? Would the medical personal also be included as not being subjected to hostile activity as hospitals are positioned away from hostile activity?
A war-zone will ALWAYS be considered to have hostile activity.
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Is that the reason people voluntarily join the military because it's such a great paying job with such great benefits? If that's the case, why aren't more people voluntarily joining?
You do know that the military is turning people away, right?
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I guess you don't have a problem with the benefits that are so generously given by the government to illegal immigrants, but you think it's OK to take away from those who serve in the military.
Yes, you are right. What was I thinking. I guess when you are in the service for 2 years and can make between $17,892 as a private to 27,814 as a staff sargeant a year they are overpaid and don't need - what would that be $2,700 dollars a year. Not to mention all the great benefits that go with being in the military.
The pay scale is not a secret. It is what it is.
Again, enlistment is completely voluntary. Of course it may seem like endentured servitude once you're in, but, there are benefits that you conveniently want to ignore, otherwise, no one would join.
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