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Originally Posted by kennyc
Well yeah, but if you're gonna do that you need to include benefits as well, housing, subsidized food, supplies, clothing etc. depending on the specific situation.
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Kennyc your a lil generous there. as an infantryman in the us army. my supplies were my ruck sack, web gear, boot knife and my m16 and my kevlar vest and kevlar helmt .. any "free food" i got was if i wanted greasy deep fried food in the mess hall thats about as good as typical hospital food. The only clothing i was provided was my battle dress uniform and my dress uniform. every pair of socks, boots, shoes, t-shirt and underware and any "civie" clothing was paid for out of my paycheck. as for the housing i was provided a shared "apartment" shared with 6 other men with 2 rooms and with bunks and footlockers and a small locker our "kitchen" was a counter with a hot plate and microwave, and a small mini fridge no sink or plumbing because there was a public bathroom where 5 such "apartments" shared. any other housing than that was paid for out of our paycheck (at a discount or given a small housing bonus) our free medical care is worse than most of the "bad" healthcare in the united states. (for example my dental work was done without painkillers). Our "benefits" may be much better than most militaries around the word give.. but in general wellfare recipients get better bennefits. Dont get me wrong im proud to have served my country and would do it again if my country asked for it. but any aid or help for fellow soldiers does wonders for morale.