In the army Its tough to make a lot of money and especially with all the jobs that are in the army,But in the army you get paid a small amount of money ."do eight hours of work, and get paid for eight hours." How much you will make in the military depends on several individual things. This is sometimes called "basic pay." Everyone on active duty receives base pay. The amount depends on your rank, and how long (years) you've been in the military. For example, the lowest ranking enlisted member someone in the paygrade of E-1 with less than two years of service, makes a base pay of $1,467 per month. A 4-star general (O-10), who has been in the military for 30 years, takes home $17,176 per month in base pay.
While members on active duty (full time)receive base pay, members of the National Guard and military Reserves get monthly Drill Pay. The amount of monthly drill pay depends on how many drill periods a person works during the month, their military rank, and the number of years they have been in the military.(John Smith) Most Guard and Reserve members perform one weekend of drill per month. Each weekend counts as four drill periods. A member of the National Guard or Reserves receives one day's worth of base pay for each drill period. A Guard/Reserve member in the lowest enlisted rank (E-1), with less than two years in the military, would draw $195.68 for a weekend of drill. A full-bird colonel (O-6), with more than 20 years in the military, would make $1,538.76 for a weekend of drill. When a member of the National Guard or reserves is performing full-time duty (such as in basic training, military job school, or deployed), they receive the same pay as active duty members.
Military recruiters promise "free room and board." Members ...
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...each meal. Those on a "meal card" (free meals in the chow hall), can claim a "missed meal" if they are not able to eat a meal in the chow hall due to duty reasons. If the person in charge approves the "missed meal," then the member receives the most of that meal in their next paycheck.(Jane doe)
Military members who are assigned or deployed to a location where their spouse and/or children are not allowed to travel at government expense are entitled to a monthly pay for each month they have been forcebly separated from their dependents, after the first month. The amount of the allowance is $250 per month for all ranks. The purpose of FSA (Family Seperation Allowance) is that it costs more to maintain two separate house homes.Through September 30, 1980, FSA was payable to a member serving in pay grade E-4 (over 4 years of service) or above as a member with dependents.
Though grueling and tedious, the rewards for hard work and studying are priceless. You leave the military with a whole new meaning of life. To be able to protect your friends, family, and country is an honor that anyone should be able to enjoy.
The GI Bill offered veterans up to $500 a year for college tuition and other educational costs---ample funding at the time. An unmarried veteran also received a $50-a-month allowance for each month spent in uniform; a married veteran received slightly more. Other benefits included mortgage subsidies, enabling veterans to purchase homes with relative ease.
This paper will not bore with the definition of a profession. The United States Army is about more than words, it is about action. The action of over 238 years of tradition and service. The Army is a profession. A profession requires its members to adhere to prolonged training and learn specialized skills. A member of a profession must wholly commit himself and his skills to a calling which is entrusted by the public. A profession provides its members with intrinsic value which motivates beyond financial gain. The Army is a higher calling which demands all of these qualities and more.
They form an elite team that shares similar core values, convictions, and beliefs. Being in the National Guard can mean serving the country part-time, one weekend a month and two weeks a year, as most Guard members serve. This is what makes them different from the other branches of the military. Experiences will be gained that will change one’s outlook on life forever. Skills will be learned that will last a lifetime.
These children often miss their deployed parent dearly. In The New York Times article Military Wife During Deployment Is Asked, ‘Is It Worth It?’ The wife and 5-year-old daughter of a navy helicopter pilot are at a wedding when the daughter started crying uncontrollably “‘Daddy,’ she said, sobbing. ‘I miss my daddy.’ … ‘I don’t want YOUR daddy,’ she cried to me. ‘Not Finley’s daddy, or Addie’s daddy, I want MY daddy.’” She saw a picture of him and broke into tears because he wasn’t there to share in the happy memories. Situations like these are
The military has many programs to help pay for all different kinds of college expenses (Kingsbury). The first is going to college after active duty. This means the individual has to serve a certain number of years before he can retire and go to college. The average number of years is four, during which he still receives education and training (Yuengling). The post 9/11 GI bill helps pay for tuition, room and board, and gives a food allowance each month.
In war-time, promotions based on merit were far more common that purchase appointments, which surprises many (Holves 108). After purchasing a commission as lieutenant-colonel, an officer must be promoted and could not purchase any higher positions. Generals were appointed by the monarch. They were chosen according to seniority, so rarely did generals receive their position based on talent. Most generals did not receive any more pay that a colonel and may have even been on half-pay as a retired officer.
Anytime a child is away from their parent whether it is to spend time with friends, while parents are at work or during school children tend to get emotional. Parents that are in active in the military can never be sure how much time they have to spend with their families. Separation anxiety is something that affects both child and parent negatively, and there is only so much you can do to prepare for it. Being deployed in the military is honorable but it will take a toll of on a family, especially a developing child.
Oxford defines a profession as "a paid occupation that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification” (Oxford Dictionaries 2014). Soldiers who join the Army undergo an admittedly short initial training program compared to other professions. A doctor or lawyer will undergo many years of training prior to being awarded the title of professional whereas a Soldier attends Basic Combat Training and AIT for a couple of months before he enters the operational force. I will concede that this Soldier, upon entering the operational force, is not a professional yet. It will take more time and training before he becomes a professional. With this training, Soldiers become "experts certified in the ethical application of land combat power" (Dempsy 2014). ADRP 7-0 states that Soldiers continue training and learning until the day they retire or separate (Army, Training Units and Developing Leaders 2012). This culture of continued training and education makes the Army a profession just as other professionals such as accountants stay current, so does the Army (Perks 1993).
First part of drill team is practicing techniques and going to camp. This is one of the first team activities that challenges your team ethics. When you go to camp there are a lot of other teams that are there for the same reasons as your team. Camp testes your ability to work as a team. You’re there dancing literally all day for three days straight leaning new dances.
The main reason why the military should be paid more is because compared to professional athletes there is an extreme gap of pay between them. “On average, NBA players make $5.15 million,
Webster’s dictionary defines the word profession as a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill. Many Soldiers would not consider the Army as a profession but a way of life. Some think the word profession belongs to everyday jobs like a plumber, mechanic, or doctor. Dr. Don M. Snider stated “the Army is a profession because of the expert work it produces, because the people in the Army develop themselves to be professionals, and because the Army certifies them as such” (Snider, D. M. 2008). In October 2010, the Secretary of the Army directed the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to lead an Army wide assessment of the state of the Army Profession. We have been at war as a Country for over a decade and the Army wanted to know how to shape the future of the Army as a profession and the effects the past decade had on our profession.
In the first twelve months, a person can expect to receive, after possibly paying a negligible fee, eligibility for the Montgomery GI Bill or the Post 9-11 GI Bill for education benefits, completely removing most, if not all, of the monetary responsibility from the individual (Official GI Bill Website). Not to mention, while they are on active duty there are tuition benefits that may pay for most, if not all, of one’s active duty education. No matter what an individual or his/her family’s financial status, additional funding can only prove beneficial. In fact, it lends the individual integrity as he/she has taken responsibility for their own education, effectively taking the pressure off of their families. It won’t become a financial burden on the government because not everyone will be in the military at the same time. Further still, the people enlisted mandatorily will be discharged after, no longer than, four years. This leaves room for those who enlisted voluntarily to continue on merrily in their military careers.
If you make it to the NFL then you’re talking big bucks. The average salary of an NFL player works out to be considerably less when not considering the top earners, but these players still make hundreds of thousands of dollars each. Bloomberg Businessweek says “The average salary of an NFL player in 2011 was $1.9 million. The median salary was $770,000.” Clearly you can see that if you work as hard as they do then you can make just as much as them someday.They make a lot more than anybody.”
any major, you can apply for an officer spot. Salary ranges are varied because it depends if your an enlisted soldier or an officer, how many years of