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re: Is the whole “veterans need special treatment” overblown?
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:48 am to Stitches
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:48 am to Stitches
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still qualified for over 90% disability while also being allowed to work a full-time job. Look up what that pays each month for life with a spouse and children.
I know someone I served with who claimed PTSD(neither one of us have ever been deployed) and he's getting an extra $900/month and can work full time.
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Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:50 am to TigerOnTheMountain
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an Aggie
Opinion invalidated
I hope you are joking. All fun to poke each other in sports but when united for team America, Aggies rank amongst the best.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:54 am to tterrific
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And can quit at any time without facing jail time.
And a Probationary Police Officer in Chicago starts off at $54K per year.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:56 am to Northshore Aggie
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what was the point then?
To show that active duty military members are not compensated like any other job. They are severely underpaid. Especially in the first 4-6 years.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:56 am to fareplay
I come from a military family and am a combat vet myself as is my brother and parents. I joined because I fricked off in college and had no other choices. If it weren't for my vet disability plates, you wouldn’t know that I served. I dislike being thanked for my service because despite being deployed, I mostly drank and banged whores. I don’t need recognition at a ball game or a discount at a business.
This post was edited on 9/30/22 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:58 am to cheobode
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This post was edited on 10/10/22 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:59 am to Northshore Aggie
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yeah, well you werent paid by the hour. you were paid a salary, and you knew what that salary was when you signed up.
The biggest difference is in the civilian world you can drag up and go down the road where they are paying $1 more per diem if you don't like the working conditions.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:59 am to Redbone
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Aggies rank amongst the best.
Easy, Tiger. He’s not going to frick you.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:01 pm to PaperPaintball92
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To show that active duty military members are not compensated like any other job. They are severely underpaid. Especially in the first 4-6 years.
lol ok. you have a free room, free food, issued uniforms, free healthcare, and 30 paid days of leave a year, all with virtually no barriers to entry assuming you have finished high school and meet the physical requirements. essentially ZERO cost of living - phone, internet, maybe a vehicle is all you really even need to spend your own money on.
how much do YOU think a first term enlistee should get paid?
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:01 pm to HuskyPanda
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I mostly drank and banged whores
OPSEC, bro. Quit giving away our secrets
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:02 pm to Northshore Aggie
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how many troops do you hear about getting out of combat and going to jail?
None, because the media doesnt report on military justice and because people in jail don't run to the media.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:02 pm to tterrific
quote:Yep. Funny, I don't recall seeing a shitload of armless and legless former cops, or hearing about cops having to spend 9 months to a year away from their wife and kids.
And can quit at any time without facing jail time.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:02 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
i mean, i might
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:02 pm to PaperPaintball92
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To show that active duty military members are not compensated like any other job. They are severely underpaid. Especially in the first 4-6 years
Now do a person paid 10 dollars an hour that doesn't get free room and board and healthcare that is also paying taxes to those people
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:03 pm to tterrific
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None, because the media doesnt report on military justice and because people in jail don't run to the media.
well i can tell you that the answer is virtually zero.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:04 pm to greygoose
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Yep. Funny, I don't recall seeing a shitload of armless and legless former cops, or hearing about cops having to spend 9 months to a year away from their wife and kids.
That is an extremely low number of vets.
You don't lose your legs looking at a screen in Kansas
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:05 pm to Northshore Aggie
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well i can tell you that the answer is virtually zero.
Given the lack of combat, right now you are likely correct.
Get back to me when the US starts sending loads of troops overseas again.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:07 pm to tterrific
then find me some verified stories from the GWOT era of guys refusing to go into combat and getting sent to jail
i know of plenty guys that refused to deploy or refused to go into combat, and not a single one that went to jail
i know of plenty guys that refused to deploy or refused to go into combat, and not a single one that went to jail
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:07 pm to Caraway Rye
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That is an extremely low number of vets.
You don't lose your legs looking at a screen in Kansas
or looking at screens in Iraq and Afghanistan for that matter. the vast majority of troops who deployed into combat zones never even faced a life or death situation.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 12:11 pm to fareplay
Yes. I am an fully capable (physically) veteran and don't even use veterans discounts or anything else.
I did it because I felt that serving was the right thing for me. It was an honor and a sacrifice and I'm not going to cheapen it by turning my veteran status into a ploy to get discounts and closer parking.
I did it because it was the right thing for me, nothing more.
I did it because I felt that serving was the right thing for me. It was an honor and a sacrifice and I'm not going to cheapen it by turning my veteran status into a ploy to get discounts and closer parking.
I did it because it was the right thing for me, nothing more.
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