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AngelsSix · 07-21-2004, 06:54

I wrote to the AP after that article asking them where they got the $60, 000 figure. The closest any 18 year soldier comes to that figure is and E-8 or 9 at 18 years. I let them know that it would not be fair to say that these folks are all getting out for the money, some of them are leaving for the freedom of choosing the types of work and when they want to work, etc. While the money is definitely better, the whole article had an officer's slant to it. The amounts quoted were not what the average E-5 or E_6 would be making. Also, who in there right mind would get out at 18 years?? Why not stick it out for two more years and get that second check plus the benefits of retirement.
I guess I thought there were too many seeming falacies in the way the story was written. Makes it look to the GP that soldiers are rolling in dough.

07-21-2004, 06:54	#2
AngelsSix Area Commander Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: VA Posts: 1,149	I wrote to the AP after that article asking them where they got the $60, 000 figure. The closest any 18 year soldier comes to that figure is and E-8 or 9 at 18 years. I let them know that it would not be fair to say that these folks are all getting out for the money, some of them are leaving for the freedom of choosing the types of work and when they want to work, etc. While the money is definitely better, the whole article had an officer's slant to it. The amounts quoted were not what the average E-5 or E_6 would be making. Also, who in there right mind would get out at 18 years?? Why not stick it out for two more years and get that second check plus the benefits of retirement. I guess I thought there were too many seeming falacies in the way the story was written. Makes it look to the GP that soldiers are rolling in dough. __________________ The question is never simply IF someone is lying, it's WHY. - Lie To Me We must always fear the wicked. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men - Boondock Saints Iraq was never lost and Afghanistan was never quite the easy good war. Those in the media too often pile on and follow the polls rather than offer independent analysis. Campaign rhetoric and politics are one thing - the responsibility of governance is quite another. - Victor Davis Hanson
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