You are right, military personnel don’t get paid much at all, especially the lower rank you are, as you climb the rank ladder it gets a bit better, but that’s probably because we were so use to not having money so it seemed like a big bonus each time, it’s like giving us some breathing room, you know? I know from experience when husband was in the army (veteran now), talking about rubbing two pennies together, hell we didn’t have two pennies left after bills & food for our family. Stretching meals was an exercise in frugality. Left over rice mixed with anything else left over or some canned or frozen vegs, and a cut up hot dog for dinner. Or spam with some tomato sauce with leftover rice. We always made extra rice just so we could stretch it another meal.
You are right, military personnel don’t get paid much at all, especially the lower rank you are, as you climb the rank ladder it gets a bit better, but that’s probably because we were so use to not having money so it seemed like a big bonus each time, it’s like giving us some breathing room, you know? I know from experience when husband was in the army (veteran now), talking about rubbing two pennies together, hell we didn’t have two pennies left after bills & food for our family. Stretching meals was an exercise in frugality. Left over rice mixed with anything else left over or some canned or frozen vegs, and a cut up hot dog for dinner. Or spam with some tomato sauce with leftover rice. We always made extra rice just so we could stretch it another meal.
That’s kinda how we feel right now.