Originally Posted by CX500T

When you're not paying 40% of your take home in student loans and driving a car bought with the career starter loan, $400 is a bit easier to come by.

But these were the same guys who could throw a pretty baller wetting down for $500 a head in a HSL squadron (10 guys putting on LT a year easy in the same month in a HSL squadron) who would then ***** that a wetting down should be the first month's pay raise, even when I got promoted to JG (was in fleet squadron as an Ensign) I did exactly that but mine was a full pig bbq and kegger at my house, cost me $1,000 and was still derided for "being lame and cheap" even though I was spending 2x what they paid each.

Well, I was the only October promotion vs 10-15 may/june between USNA, ROTC and the rando OCS/Sta-21 guy that had their promotion line up.