From: "Geo" 

"Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
news:op.st8ol4fxsagvys{at}news.barkto.com...

> I guess I was making two contrary points.  At a certain level, you don't
> do badly-- you do get regular (bi-annual) raises, there is incentive pay:
> re-enlistment bonuses (variable), hazardous duty (submarine) pay, sea
> pay.  Not to mention housing or compensatory pay for living off-base (BAQ
> and VHA).
>
> At the low end of the scale, low rank and short time, you don't get squat:
> I was single and living in the barracks and pay was tight (and I spent
> like a sailor, of course).  A family man would be in a bind.

Ok so if you want to get people to sign up, raise the minimum wage so they
don't need to be career military. You'll get a bunch of folks signing up
for a 2 or 3 year tour figuring they can spend the entire time in the
theater where they can earn $100K/year.

Money can provide a whole lot of motivation, not to mention making the guys
there a whole lot happier about being there and at the same time showing
that we do appreciate them for what they are doing.

Geo.

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