4 February 2012, 5:02 pm
I am currently going for a marketing degree. I have enough money from a large inheritence to start my own business. In school I meet a lot of students who currently and formerly served the army and the navy. The benefits they told me sounds very attractive. 20,000 dollar enlistment bonuses, monthly allowances and salaries, discount benefits, deployment tax free income, ect. People say its better to join the military when you have a degree because you can sign up for being an officer which gives you more pay and respect also you can pass down your G.I. bill benefits to your kids when they go to school. Infrantry is not for me but I could see myself doing administration work for the army or airforce I'm just not sure if basic training is really worth it though. Also some of the jobs that comes with big bonuses sounds really fun like going in a submarine or flying a helecopter. Also you have the chance to live on base in a foreign country like Germany or nice places like Hawaii. I live in Honolulu and its really expensive but the military who are stationed here live on base and are taken care of. Taking an economics class I learned that most of the U.S. budget goes to our military service not other basic needs such as education, health and infrastructure. Is the money you make from your service really worth it? I am not planning on joining. I am just curious if the military men are paid fairly for their work. They mentioned all there benefits but at what cost? is the amount of work they put in really worth what they are getting back? In the Philippines people assume you are wealthy if you are in the u.s. army because in their country they don't get the same benefits as american soldiers. According to my econ class most of our tax revenue goes to military fundings compared to health care and education. I agree that lawyers and business men is the way to go if I want to be overpaid and thats what I am going for.... Read More »
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