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Originally Posted by Seth Manson
If you add up the base pay, allowances (which are tax free), bonuses, food, housing, medical care, and other benefits, it's actually not bad pay. But most people are short sighted and dont consider the whole picture.
Not everybody "sleeps in a dorm". Married people get housing with their families. Even the single guys can get off-base housing if it's deemed necessary for their job. And even if you do "live in a dorm with a bunch of other dudes" modern military quaters really arent bad, normally you share a room with a roomate. The barracks parties can be pretty legendary, and a lot of those other dudes end up being your closest and best friends for the remainder of your life.
You dont get treated like shit unless you actually are shit. Basic training is rough, they stress you out on purpose. Big deal, life is hard. Combat is harder. Dont be a pussy about it. Basic training is just a few weeks and it's really a very short period in your life. Become proficient at your job and be professional, and you'll be treated with a lot of respect.
And lastly, the dying part. Guess what? The vast majority that serve dont fucking die! And dying isnt the worst thing that can happen to you whether you've served in the military or not.
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Well it just seems to me you have much less control of your life than you would being a civilian. they can make you move uprooting your kids if you have family, etc. And I'm not trying to say its 100% bad but i see little appeal. To me it seems kinda like prison. of course most don't die, at least not now but if you are the unlucky ones, well its little consolation. Also I disagree that dying isn't the worse thing that could happen because once you're dead, thats it, nothing else really matters. game over forever.