I agree, and usually post something along those lines on these kind of threads.
The legion does that, and the American military would improve if it concentrated on a warrior class of single males for the lower ranks, low paid and Spartan, with pay and privileges and marriage, coming after the reenlistment, and/or rank.
I enlisted as a single man, but married in 1972, I was of the rank, but had not reenlisted, I could have dealt with Army regulations that forbid me marrying until I re-upped, or got out, by the way, the pay was still incredibly bad, I still sometimes wonder how I was surviving, but I dealt with the system as it was, and was not serving for the money.
As it is, the military is becoming a refuge for single moms and families, for the benefits and lifestyle and daycare, that will inevitably lead to their interests winning out in the long run as the power shifts to personnel focused on the comfort and security of a government job, and female Generals and Colonels and Congresswomen to represent them, and budgets that become focused on their family wants, children and quality of life issues, and foreign policy that keeps them from danger and harsh living.
Most people reading this thread are not going to like what the military will look like in 20 years, it could even become unionized, but it will become just another federal job, with between 40 and 60% females.
If that is the case, the low pay will cease to be an issue. If you are a single person in the military, you are provided BEQ (basic enlistment quarters) and three meals a day on base. There is really no need to spend much money at all. You have the enlisted club to hang out in and the PX to get your basic items like toothpaste, clothing, etc., at Wal-Mart prices.
If you re-enlist and make a career of the military, then you are now a leader as an NCO or full-fledged officer and you should then be entitled to the higher pay and perks that go with it. You will also be in much better position to support a family.