Always found this rather interesting myself. Good points, and possibly an interesting starting point for discussion.
Being a civilian state employee working with the military, I always find it interesting to see what they complain about and don't understand about the outside world. We have NCOs here complaining about their pay, but they don't understand that their housing allowances are more (in one case...and damned close in the other) than my take home pay. They almost keel over when they find out that we don't GET housing allowances or COLA, and that we have to pick our own insurance. They can't even comprehend working somewhere where the only way to get a promotion is to change jobs. Period.
The above is my pet rant, and comes with the mod hat firmly off. I've met plenty of military folks who do understand what they have, and often wonder how us on the outside make it without that safety net.
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