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Old 06-28-2016, 08:08 PM
 
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Yes, I guess you are correct.

After 20 years of Active Duty, I forget that some US servicemembers are exposed to females on deployment.

Must be nice
A lot of the interpreters were women, well that was my experience anyway.
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Old 06-28-2016, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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Y'all, a lot of women are MANY things now. My husband's last two XOs have been women.
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Old 06-28-2016, 08:17 PM
 
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Y'all, a lot of women are MANY things now. My husband's last two XOs have been women.
Yes this is absolutely true. There were also a lot serving in our unit, I'd say no less than 10 total in our company downrange and our platoon sergeant was one as well. hoooaaah
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Old 06-28-2016, 08:58 PM
 
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'Higher income' only within the context of Base-Pay. Certainly not within the context of take-home pay which is commonly 3X base-pay.
I said "officers as a group." An officer serving at the same station as an enlisted person with the same time in service will be making more money than an enlisted person.
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Old 06-28-2016, 09:33 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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Well, and not all who serve are constantly deployed.
I would have to guess that those servicemembers are also NOT being paid all of the usual extra pays and tax-free status.



btw, I was only deployed 7 months per year, rotating shift-work during off-crew periods.
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Old 06-28-2016, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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A lot of the interpreters were women, well that was my experience anyway.
Could be. I have never met one.

I have no idea about interpreters.
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Old 06-28-2016, 09:39 PM
 
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It is the standard female obsession with meathead, republican, macho, neanderthals that listen to Nickelback and bro country. I am very bitter about this.
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Old 06-28-2016, 09:40 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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I said "officers as a group." An officer serving at the same station as an enlisted person with the same time in service will be making more money than an enlisted person.
I never saw re-enlistment bonuses among the officers that ever matched the enlisted bonuses.

But on the surface. No, take-home pay for a 10 year officer compared to a 10 year enlisted, you need to check your resources.

I was looking at the tax forms each year as I prepared them.
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Old 06-29-2016, 07:52 AM
 
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I never saw re-enlistment bonuses among the officers that ever matched the enlisted bonuses.

But on the surface. No, take-home pay for a 10 year officer compared to a 10 year enlisted, you need to check your resources.

I was looking at the tax forms each year as I prepared them.
Well, at the 10-year point I was an Air Force E-6 at SAC Hq, and I guarantee you the 10-year AF O-3 sitting next to me was making more money than I was. Within another year, I was an E-7 and he was an O-4, and he was still making more money than I was. Ten years after that, I was an E-8 and he was an O-6, and he was still making more money. Today, we are both retired...and he's still making a lot more money.


Not all enlisted get re-enlistment bonuses, not all re-up bonuses are particularly lucrative, and most are gone by the time a member reaches E-7. I expect things might have been different for submarine service, but that's a small part of the DoD.
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Old 06-29-2016, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Middle America
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It is the standard female obsession with meathead, republican, macho, neanderthals that listen to Nickelback and bro country. I am very bitter about this.
Lol. Good thing a married a military member who is none of those things. It's almost like it's an inaccurate stereotype or something!
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