[LaserJock]

“”In order to sustain a volunteer force with high-quality people, the military finds it has to pay people more than they would get in the civilian world,” Asch says”

Complete B.S. My income more than doubled when I retired from the military, doing exactly the same kind of stuff I was doing in the service.

I gave up easily 50% of my earning power for 21 years to serve.

[Dianna]

Complete B.S. My income more than doubled when I retired from the military, doing exactly the same kind of stuff I was doing in the service.

That's probably going to depend upon what you were doing. My husband got out of the Navy after about 9 years and took a pay cut to do it. They were advancing very few people in his rate so he was going to be stuck, paywise, for awhile.

It took us a couple of years to get back to even and within another year or so, he was ahead of the game.

[VanShuyten]

You’re right. It’s hard to see how an EE could make more as an enlisted man than in the private sector - even after going through OTC. Either he really screwed up in school, or he faces too much compitition from immigrant visas.