Military Vs. Civilian Pay draft 2

Imagine your first day on the job, packing into a giant air plane, flying to an unknown country with many other men and women in the same outfit as you. Now imagine your first day on the job, waiting for the conveyor belt to start so the boxes you have to sort will come conveniently right in front of you. Which one would you prefer?

Society promises that when you enlist into the army, you get treated like a king, with amazing pay and respect like no-other. The reality of the matter is that the military gets the short end of the stick. The budget needs to be reconsidered to give more to those who give it all.

The common, unskilled job of working in a warehouse or factory gets paid far better starting out, they move up the chain quickly, and they get the chance of getting paid over time hours very frequently. The average sergeant in the military is in the age ranges of 22-24 and makes the same amount of money in a year that an 18 year old working in a factory makes. Young adults in factories don’t need any skills or schooling and the stress of the work isn’t even comparable. Factory work is something that you don’t need much training on and is never very life threatening. Military men and women are always being moved around and the threat of being deployed is always there. 

The stress of being in such situations with little to no reward gets to be too much for soldiers sometimes. Not having enough money to support their families along with many other mental problems can trigger some bad thoughts in the minds of our heroes. Suicides in the military have reached all time highs. 

The families of these men and women often struggle along with the soldier. Even after all of the benefits received, families still need extra government assistance with things such as food stamps and WIC. In fact, the rate of military families using these systems had doubled over the rate of civilians using them (Hanafin). I have seen this happening since the day I was born. Through the years my understanding has grown and become clearer by seeing all of the other kids in my classes always having so much more than me. I never understood why my daddy was out in danger and all the other kids daddies were home with them.The military life is not an easy one, which makes these men and women that risk their lives every day so much more respectable