Originally Posted by
rickair7777
These are benefits, not socialism. The government has determined that this what they need to offer in order to...
1) Attract talent
2) Retain and develop talent
3) Meet moral obligations to those who served under arduous conditions, in combat, or were WIA.
This is the most ridiculous pile of BS I have ever seen on APC (and that says a lot). The military is not the civil service (or the airlines for that matter). Promotions are up-or-out, with difficult gateways at O4, O5, and O6+. And by difficult I mean in addition to the job itself being difficult, you have to perform that difficult job better than others. Don't promote? Off you go with no retirement unless you make at least O4 or O5 in some cases. Maybe 30% of officers make it to retirement eligibility, and it's most certainly not guaranteed and is most certainly merit and competition based.
You have utterly no clue what you're talking about, or you're bitter that you got rejected or flunked out of the military.
It's been awhile, hasn't it. O4 doesn't have to meet a board anymore. Barring a DUI, promotion rate to O4 is around 95%. You know, highly unlikely haha.
And speaking of moral obligations, why don't we insist we offer those same benefits to police and fire since the vast majority of them have equal if not more exposure to danger?