BTW, housing sucks - ever lived in a barracks? Medical care for dependents has gone down the shithole, the comissary prices on food are now equivalent to what you'd pay at Walmart, and the PX prices stateside are no special bargain, either. Cigarettes were still prety cheap last time I checked, so I guess you can always smoke yourself to death if the enemy doesn't get you first. Base pay for E1's and E2's, regular military on active duty (the guys who get to be cannon fodder) ranges from aprox $14,000 to $16,000/year. As usual, Bush didn't have the faintest idea of what he was talking about in the citation listed above. Will we need a draft if things continue to heat up? You tell me.
