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I was listening to Mike & Mike this morning and heard them talking about the best and worst jobs I was surprised to hear that enlisted Military was one of the worst! It ranks 198 out of 200... I know it's not the top job out there but 198, really! Where do you think we should be rated? Why do you think it is rated so low?
here is the link:
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If the military is the 3rd worst job then based on pay it is Number 1 compare to what I get.
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When they ask me isn't this job boring, I say yep, don't you miss the excietement, Nope. It was great but damn "Petty Officer Nagel you need to type the message in 3 minutes it needs to be on the Presidents desk in 7" "Petty Officer Nagel can you transport this Classified Material from point a to point b (If anything goes wrong $10,000 and 10 years in Jail)". Sleeping under the SM-2 Launcher, Sleeping Beside the 5'54 Cal Ammo Tube. Yeah it was great but I don't miss the stress.
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Probably a result of who have never been in the Military not valuing selfless service or service to one's Country!
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because you put your life on the line for little pay and are often away from family
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Not sure how they derived that. I would imagine it's not as attractive as it once was due to the # of deployments during the past few years but 198 out of 200?
Some of my best service years was when I was enlisted.
Money - with the check my wife drew we made about $187.00 per month (1967) when I was an E-3. We scraped by but were happy and had very little debt. Of course, money isn't what motivates most of us. The three things that kept me in the Air Forcer were:
1. Military retirement
2. Paid education
3. Medical benefits
Some of my best service years was when I was enlisted.
Money - with the check my wife drew we made about $187.00 per month (1967) when I was an E-3. We scraped by but were happy and had very little debt. Of course, money isn't what motivates most of us. The three things that kept me in the Air Forcer were:
1. Military retirement
2. Paid education
3. Medical benefits
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Any poll is easily manipulated to get the desired results. Sometimes, a person's values and pinions come out in the question design even without intentionally doing so. I don't need a list to determine my self worth and happiness. Not one of us joined the military to get rich. Even on my worst day I loved being in the military. If civilians knew what we endured and were capable of, there would be no veteran unemployment.
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If anyone is in the Military for money they are sadley mistaken. But the glory is great. I have loved every minute of it. the only regret if its a regret is that I didnt do my 26 years on active duty verses Reseves. But that being said Ive seen more as a Reservist than I ever would have on active. So yes if the civilian population new what we do and the trainning we have or had then we would be on the top of the hiring chain. we are disciplined never sick to the point of doing our job and if we are we are sick we are bad enough to be in the hospital lol.
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I think they are basing their "stress" for the enlisted personnel on a war time situation. Of course war is going to be stressful. But when the country is not at war, willing to bet our place will shoot straight up.
Plus I don't think our enlisted joined because of whether it was high or low level of stress or even the money aspect. Our organization is based on people that want to serve their country; do something greater than themselves.
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