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  • May 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM #549595
    jimmyle
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    I don’t know about military members but my friend who is a civilian employee for the Navy makes $100K+ a year with his Mechanical Engineer degree and about 10 years of experience. I and other friends who all graduated in 1999 in the private industries make about 10 to 15% less. My pension is also tiny compared to his. Most other friends in private industries jobs don’t have pension at all.

    May 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM #548897
    Wickedheart
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    [quote=jimmyle]I don’t know about military members but my friend who is a civilian employee for the Navy makes $100K+ a year with his Mechanical Engineer degree and about 10 years of experience.[/quote]

    There is a big difference between being a civilian employee for the Navy and being in the Navy. My daughter made 30k a year in the Army, as a civilian she would have made twice that. Her ex is working in Kuwait and makes over twice what he did in the Air Force. Don’t think this is a complaint because she felt she was fairly compensated.

    BearishGirl is absolutely right if it wasn’t for the benefits and retirement no one would stay beyond their initial enlistment. It is part of the price of a voluntary military.

    The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.

    May 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM #549008
    Wickedheart
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    [quote=jimmyle]I don’t know about military members but my friend who is a civilian employee for the Navy makes $100K+ a year with his Mechanical Engineer degree and about 10 years of experience.[/quote]

    There is a big difference between being a civilian employee for the Navy and being in the Navy. My daughter made 30k a year in the Army, as a civilian she would have made twice that. Her ex is working in Kuwait and makes over twice what he did in the Air Force. Don’t think this is a complaint because she felt she was fairly compensated.

    BearishGirl is absolutely right if it wasn’t for the benefits and retirement no one would stay beyond their initial enlistment. It is part of the price of a voluntary military.

    The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.

    May 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM #549496
    Wickedheart
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    [quote=jimmyle]I don’t know about military members but my friend who is a civilian employee for the Navy makes $100K+ a year with his Mechanical Engineer degree and about 10 years of experience.[/quote]

    There is a big difference between being a civilian employee for the Navy and being in the Navy. My daughter made 30k a year in the Army, as a civilian she would have made twice that. Her ex is working in Kuwait and makes over twice what he did in the Air Force. Don’t think this is a complaint because she felt she was fairly compensated.

    BearishGirl is absolutely right if it wasn’t for the benefits and retirement no one would stay beyond their initial enlistment. It is part of the price of a voluntary military.

    The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.

    May 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM #549597
    Wickedheart
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    [quote=jimmyle]I don’t know about military members but my friend who is a civilian employee for the Navy makes $100K+ a year with his Mechanical Engineer degree and about 10 years of experience.[/quote]

    There is a big difference between being a civilian employee for the Navy and being in the Navy. My daughter made 30k a year in the Army, as a civilian she would have made twice that. Her ex is working in Kuwait and makes over twice what he did in the Air Force. Don’t think this is a complaint because she felt she was fairly compensated.

    BearishGirl is absolutely right if it wasn’t for the benefits and retirement no one would stay beyond their initial enlistment. It is part of the price of a voluntary military.

    The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.

    May 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM #549875
    Wickedheart
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    [quote=jimmyle]I don’t know about military members but my friend who is a civilian employee for the Navy makes $100K+ a year with his Mechanical Engineer degree and about 10 years of experience.[/quote]

    There is a big difference between being a civilian employee for the Navy and being in the Navy. My daughter made 30k a year in the Army, as a civilian she would have made twice that. Her ex is working in Kuwait and makes over twice what he did in the Air Force. Don’t think this is a complaint because she felt she was fairly compensated.

    BearishGirl is absolutely right if it wasn’t for the benefits and retirement no one would stay beyond their initial enlistment. It is part of the price of a voluntary military.

    The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.

    May 10, 2010 at 5:38 PM #548987
    bearishgurl
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    [quote=Wickedheart] . . . The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.[/quote]

    Couldn’t have said it better myself, Wickedheart!

    May 10, 2010 at 5:38 PM #549098
    bearishgurl
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    [quote=Wickedheart] . . . The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.[/quote]

    Couldn’t have said it better myself, Wickedheart!

    May 10, 2010 at 5:38 PM #549587
    bearishgurl
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    [quote=Wickedheart] . . . The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.[/quote]

    Couldn’t have said it better myself, Wickedheart!

    May 10, 2010 at 5:38 PM #549687
    bearishgurl
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    [quote=Wickedheart] . . . The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.[/quote]

    Couldn’t have said it better myself, Wickedheart!

    May 10, 2010 at 5:38 PM #549965
    bearishgurl
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    [quote=Wickedheart] . . . The military is not like any other job because when you join the military, they OWN you. 24/7, 365 days a year for 8 years. I think they deserve every penny they get.[/quote]

    Couldn’t have said it better myself, Wickedheart!

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