giangreco001
New Member
Idk if you guys are already off this topic but I just had 1 thing to say on the issue of not having a "good" life/military not paying much...
they pay for your room and board correct? They pay for your schooling correct? A lot of the time you get enlistment bonuses, and the army now also has the Army advantage fund where you can get up to 40k for a house or small business when you leave the military right?
Ok, now since all of that is free I think that even an E1 gets paid pretty damn well...1200+ a month with no bills, except maybe a cell phone or other such things, (not even including if you get special pay) sounds pretty friggin good to me. And for someone starting off as an O1 out of college getting about 2300 a month with no bills is not bad at all.
Think about it, say you have a $20/hr job in CT. That about $2900/mo after taxes. A rent will probably cost you around $900/mo, most of the time not including utils so well add on another $300, probably about 200-250 a month on food (possibly more), now say went to college, if your like most people youve probably accumulated in exess of $15000 in debt and are most likley paying about $300/mo on the loans. after all that is take out your left with $950 a month...compare that to an E1 after taxes and your making about the same thing.
now say you got a $10k enlistment bonus, for the first year of your service you are, in effect, pulling in pretty close to double what a $20/hr job would leave you with for personal expenditures. And if you go army and take the advantage fund thats another extra 8 grand a year durring the 5 year enlistment. (though you dont get this untill your enlistment is up)
they pay for your room and board correct? They pay for your schooling correct? A lot of the time you get enlistment bonuses, and the army now also has the Army advantage fund where you can get up to 40k for a house or small business when you leave the military right?
Ok, now since all of that is free I think that even an E1 gets paid pretty damn well...1200+ a month with no bills, except maybe a cell phone or other such things, (not even including if you get special pay) sounds pretty friggin good to me. And for someone starting off as an O1 out of college getting about 2300 a month with no bills is not bad at all.
Think about it, say you have a $20/hr job in CT. That about $2900/mo after taxes. A rent will probably cost you around $900/mo, most of the time not including utils so well add on another $300, probably about 200-250 a month on food (possibly more), now say went to college, if your like most people youve probably accumulated in exess of $15000 in debt and are most likley paying about $300/mo on the loans. after all that is take out your left with $950 a month...compare that to an E1 after taxes and your making about the same thing.
now say you got a $10k enlistment bonus, for the first year of your service you are, in effect, pulling in pretty close to double what a $20/hr job would leave you with for personal expenditures. And if you go army and take the advantage fund thats another extra 8 grand a year durring the 5 year enlistment. (though you dont get this untill your enlistment is up)
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