U.S. Warriors — Overpaid?

[Grey_Fox]

Israeli parents send money to their children in order to keep them alive in their army.

[KukriKhan]

Since were getting comparative, here are some numbers for nations performing similar combat duties:

Canadian NCO of 5 years service: $Cdn50K (=$US46K)

UK NCO ditto: 32KBP (=$US62K)

Aus NCO same: $Aus51K (=$US42K)

US NCO w/5: $US24K

Those are just base-pay amounts.

Money is a whole different issue with a conscript army.

note: I got the info from the countries' military pay scales available online, so they're not 100% firm - and I used an online currency converter to switch to US dollars; they warn their estimates are +/- 2%.

[Tribesman]

Hold on nowq, ossible moderatorintervention .....apost I put between #13 and #14 isn't there .
Anyway sAck em all , even if you add Haiti to the equation theyhae stil failed to deliv4er ...damngovernment employees that expect a free ride wihout deliering the goods ...delivewr the hgoods or buger off with thew complaints about pay and conditions

[Tribesman]

It would most likely just piss off a lot of people.
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An interesting tke on ot I hadn;t tought of that

[KukriKhan]

Never touched the thread, mate. So dunno about a lost post.

Maybe click "preview post" before hitting "submit"?

On-topic: I admit getting sacked as a consequence of non-performance is attractive, but I'm not sure that paradigm could be easily translated to military service.

Now, the elected leadership is a different story, and I guess we get that opportunity every 4 years or so.

[Tribesman]

[QUOTEMaybe click "preview post" before hitting "submit"?
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Maybe it wasdue to downlading 1.2 at thge time ,In neveruse preview post ,wha tI write is what comes out .

On-topic: I admit getting sacked as a consequence of non-performance is attractive, but I'm not sure that paradigm could be easily translated to military service.

They are just civil sevants aren't they

Now, the elected leadership is a different story, and I guess we get that opportunity every 4 years or so.

4 years is a long time when body bags and lots of money are involved

[Grey_Fox]

You drunk already?

[Tribesman]

wind and rain Fox , plus an early house next to the job(Athenry mart , I think it was weanlings this morning , but who cares as long as the bar is full of farmers tht you can rip the ***** out of) I was slightly drunk when I made my ealy posts oday. now I is well and truly bolloxed

[Seamus Fermanagh]

They are just civil sevants aren't they

JUST civil servants? Over here civil servants are virtually sacrosanct. You could catch a non-appointee civil servant "dallying" with both Bush twins in the office during the work day while losing thousands of dollars playing internet poker using their government credit card and it would STILL take 6 months, 2 arbitrations, 4 judgements, an act of Congress, and some form of papal intercession to get them fired.

Make yourself a hot whiskey and clear your poor head.

[Watchman]

I take it you have some shortcomings in the bureaucratic self-regulation departement ?