Military

[Quin]

Any service members on this board?

 

[Smeg!]

Yup! Revserves now though, 18+ years I'm doing my 20 then I'm retarded....er retired:icon_bigg

 

[CFSapper]

canadian side

 

[EvoLuTioN]

US Navy, almost done with HM school whats up

 

[jdub]

Yep...USAFR here

 

[RHDMK3]

USAF here! Been in almost 4.5 years. Gettin' out though in the summer.

 

[AF1JZ]

USAF here. 6 1/2 years. Deployed right now.

 

[honestabe]

USMC for the last 2 1/2 years active duty. Have another 2 1/2 years to go and then another 2 years reserve time after that.

 

[CTsupra]

Yes, yes what can we do you for? :evil2:

 

[Nick M]

Does contractor count?

 

[honestabe]

Does contractor count?

Ummm, no. You make waaaayyy more money than military. Unless of course you are former military, then being a contractor would count.:biglaugh:

 

[Nick M]

If you read that somewhere in the media, you can be assured is a misstatement. And an intentional one at that.

 

[honestabe]

I have several contractor buddies who make damn good money. But then again, it all depends on what your contracting job is. In my field of work, pay starts at $70k + full benefits as a civilian. It doubles when you deploy.

I'm making just under $20k right now, $34k adjusted if you include the benefits. If you do comparisons of several jobs in the military and in the civilian side, you will find that there are a lot of jobs that pay a lot more as a civilian doing the same thing.

 

[Quin]

I just wanted to thank you guys for serving our country!

 

[CTsupra]

You are very welcome!

 

[honestabe]

oorah

 

[Draken]

US Army Vet here, was in from '95 - '99

 

[bondie]

Ex British Army here, 14 years dodgy "friendly fire" :3d_frown:

 

[Quin]

That was a very unfortunate thing to happen, but the cover up made it worse.

 

[AF1JZ]

I just wanted to thank you guys for serving our country!

No problem