On Jan 29, 7:34*pm, John H wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:58:09 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:





"Eisboch" wrote in message
m...

"Tim" wrote in message
....
this was brought up by one of the distinguished posters here on
rec.boats, and when I said YES, I was given a "Sure ... snerk"

So I'd like to know, seeing I've got a box with a few pay stubs in it
from being a guest of Uncle Sugar, I'd say that doing military service
IS actually considered as a "job". But now I'm left in confusion
because the distinguished poster I've mentioned seems to be skeptical
of *that claim.

So I present this question to the other distinguished posters on
rec.boats:

"Do you, or do you not, consider service in the US military as being a
"job"?"

What say ye?

Not to sound corny, but the way I was raised and regarded it back when I
was young was that it was considered to be a duty for which you happened
to get paid. *Of course, when I first went in my pay was about 50 bucks
every two weeks, not counting some bonus pay.

For some, it's an honorable job and career. *Some milk it, just like any
other job.
Some benefit more from the time served than the time served. *(you hafta
read that twice).

I got a lot out of it. *Basically they paid me to go to school for half of
the almost 9 years I was in. But I also felt I earned it. * Fair deal.
But my time was back in the Vietnam, draft era and few, other than career
"lifers" were there because they wanted to be. * Some were. *I was..

That's the old military. * The new military is very professional, well
trained and I think the mentality is that it is more of a job (or career
for some). * But it is still an honorable duty to perform, regardless of
what some in here think.

Eisboch

$50 twice a month? *I was in the wrong service. *I started at $60 a month in
Feb. 1965.

That must have been after taxes. The base pay, as I remember, was $72/mo in
June when I was drafted.

Whoops, I was off by $6

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John H

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* * *God's punishment...for enjoying sex. * *

in '44 Dad made $40.00 a month.