so what is the MAIN problem?

Question

our current military recruitment system is 'all-volunteer' right? But according to this passage from CQ Researcher....it causes financial issues for the members of the military? I need help interpreting?

And to get the recruits it needs the military is increasing sign-up bonuses. The Army in June asked Congress to double the cash bonus to $40,000 and to provide up to $50,000 in home-mortgage help for recruits who sign up for eight years of active duty. Other proposals pending in Congress would increase the top enlistment bonus to $30,000 from $20,000 and provide $10,000 in re-enlistment bonuses for certain reservists.
Money Woes
Money is a major issue for reservists and National Guard members. As “part-time” soldiers, they have full-time civilian jobs that they must leave, and their military paychecks are often much skimpier than what they earn in the private sector. Annual Reserve wages range from under $15,000 for a private to $132,000 for a major general

Answer 1

Problems with pay? How so?

Sure the reserve pay is not very high, but we only work one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Right now I take home about $350 per drill weekend. That is what an E-6 makes.

During my deployment, I made over $25,000 for seven months, all tax free. I was only an E-5 at the time. The same pay scale goes for all National Guard and reserves. Deployed members who have dependents get extra pay.

Bonuses are paid out in increments, not one lump sum.

There are many service members who get into financial straights, usually from buying too much too fast. An E-1 does not make much, but how many 18 year olds do?

Nobody joins the military to get enrich.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The main problem is that a large portion of the military budget is miss spent on political payoffs instead of defence of the country.

A few examples. We have dozens of bases within the United States that we have to keep open even though the military says they don't need them. The military isn't allowed to close bases without the approval of congress. No representatives agree to base closings in their districts.

We have somewhere in the range of 100,000 troops in Europe with the vast majority of them being stationed in Germany (approx 70,000). Their primary purpose for being there is to inject cash into the German economy. Not only from the thousands of Germans that work on the bases but the millions the troops spend into the German economy.

NATO - Is an organization without a purpose. Its primary purpose was to defend Europe from an invasion by the Soviet Union. News flash there is no Soviet Union. I don't know what our involvement in NATO cost but I would guess its more than the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

We have around 30,000 troops in Korea to defend the South Korean's from the North Koreans. I think the South Koreans are more than capable of defending themselves.

Ditto for Japan. I don't have a clue what the thousands of troops we have there are doing.

I agree we need to bring our troops home. Get out of NATO and bring our 100,000 troops home from Europe. Get out of South Korea and bring our troops home from Korea and Japan. Or maybe we could "redeploy" them to some other place where they are actually needed???

Answer 4

As a military spouse I can say that yes, bonuses are what keep the soldiers in these days, and it helps sway new recruits... but it is a needed cushion for slightly crappy pay, 24hr. days with no overtime, and being deployed in a war, that while they arent allowed to degrade, not all of them agree with. The bonus my husband received paid our bills we cant always catch up with, and keep our heads above water. While it's not the best situation it's the world we live in today, and no i dont support the war or a president who can't pronounce words properly, I support my husband and all our freinds 100%

Answer 5

There is only one answer:

BRING THEM HOME!

The United States does not have the money to even pay our active duty men and women?

Much less the injured and maimed who come back.

Much, MUCH more less the Veterans of previous Wars and entanglements.

I know a WWII vet, 85 years old. He needed his bladder removed and the VA could not do it because they have some rule that prohibits doctors from doing more than 1 surgery a day. THIS WAS THE ONLY DAY THAT THE MAN PASSED THE QUALIFICATIONS TO HAVE HIS BLADDER REMOVED.

Get the government out of medical care!

Answer 6

Military is cheap.....Giving your life is not valuable to the government.....Vets have always been screwed.......When I was in, the pay I started with was $79,00 per month..............I got up to about $180 later with combat pay.............Per month!.

Answer 7

I think I'm slow I don't get it O_o