11-06-2015, 02:56 PM
I didn't serve. Several of my friends who did have said it makes them uncomfortable when people go on about it, but I think all of them have said they appreciate just a quick "thanks for your service" when someone notices their shirt/hat/tattoo.
On a related note, the facebook memes are driving me crazy about enlisted pay. And this isn't meant to get political, but the ones about 'an enlisted person makes $20,000 and Bobby McBurger wants $15 minimum wage for his crappy job.' And then they go on to make derogatory comments about people making minimum wage. Combat active pay is one thing. That should be considerably higher than it is. But comparing a low wage unskilled fast food job to a low wage unskilled military job isn't that different. And it's dishonest when they're comparing the two, but not factoring in cost of living covered by the military, medical care (which is considerably better than being uninsured), college reimbursement, etc.
But the work for many of those entry level, non-combat military positions ins't that different. A friend of mine always jokes about one week in the Air Force that summed up his 6-years. His boss had nothing for him to do, so he made him paint yellow all the concrete parking stops in the parking lot of their offices. It took him all of two days. The next two days, he was out there painting them all back to the original white. And on Friday he wrote up reports on why they needed to be painted from white to yellow to white.
On a related note, the facebook memes are driving me crazy about enlisted pay. And this isn't meant to get political, but the ones about 'an enlisted person makes $20,000 and Bobby McBurger wants $15 minimum wage for his crappy job.' And then they go on to make derogatory comments about people making minimum wage. Combat active pay is one thing. That should be considerably higher than it is. But comparing a low wage unskilled fast food job to a low wage unskilled military job isn't that different. And it's dishonest when they're comparing the two, but not factoring in cost of living covered by the military, medical care (which is considerably better than being uninsured), college reimbursement, etc.
But the work for many of those entry level, non-combat military positions ins't that different. A friend of mine always jokes about one week in the Air Force that summed up his 6-years. His boss had nothing for him to do, so he made him paint yellow all the concrete parking stops in the parking lot of their offices. It took him all of two days. The next two days, he was out there painting them all back to the original white. And on Friday he wrote up reports on why they needed to be painted from white to yellow to white.
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