As a member of the USAF, here's my take on military benefits: Guaranteed housing. Either you're on base for free, or you get housing allowance (Single E4 in DC area = $1300/month). Guaranteed food. Either you eat in the chow hall for free, or you get an allowance (~$270/month) Guaranteed health care, 100%. Go to sick call/hospital pretty much whenever you need to. Includes dental and optician. Guaranteed work. Whether you want it or not. Commissary and BX are tax free. 30 Days of Leave a year plus holidays and weekends. Only 9-to-5 workers get actual weekends and holidays off though, the rest of us (operational AF, operators) 2 and 3 and sometimes 4 day breaks thrown in. Regardless, you still get paid 12 months a year, but can take one of those months off. Or save those days (up to 60). Being Deployed has extra benefits. And I'm not sure CyCom would even deploy into a live fire warzone. And just being military can have benefits too ($55 lift tickets at Breck, and 15% off food). As well as other stuff the above mentioned; Space-A flights for free, USAA, retirement after 20 years (50% of your last base pay). And then there's the cool factor of being stationed in Germany or Italy or Japan for 2+ years (assuming CyCom will have shops in said countries).
AND...if a career field is undermanned, they'll actually give bonuses for re-enlistment equal to Multiplier * Monthly Base Pay * Years of re-enlistment. Multiplier based on how much they need people in the career field. I imagine CyCom fields would be pretty high once it starts rolling, x4 or x5.
The pay is not too shabby IMO. Base pay is not as high as civilian, but other stuff does go a ways to make up for it (see above).
Obviously, you can't quit whenever you want to. Contract obligations and all that. You also have to maintain a fitness standard. That means a reasonable waist and weight (or BMI) and a decent 1.5 mile run time. Pushups and situps also count, but only for very little.
It ain't a dream job, but it's been pretty freaking awesome for me. First tour was in Germany, now I'm in DC, next stop; who knows?
For you "420" types...stay the fuck out of my military. There is a 100% Urinalysis policy. You will be piss tested, you will be caught.
Heh. I'd say bringing a lawsuit is the last line of defense people have to protect themselves from greedy and overly powerful entities. The goverment has completely failed to do anything, so now people are falling on this last defense. It's a shame it had to get to this point, but hey...justice is justice.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Heh...so is that saying you have a right to bear arms, assuming you join the military AND supply your own firearm?
Hmm...
Except no one wants blacks, or homosexuals, or such to have guns.
Not like some gun-toting, camo-wearing cracker is actually oppressed by this government. Unless you take oppression in the bin Laden (or other crazy ass religious right winger) definition as meaning 'not forcing my religion and views on other people'.
So women who get married and have children are even MORE adversely affected than men because there is still the cultural sexism that forces the 'homemaker' label on women.
Interesting.
That's my take anyway.
Maybe someone should write an article about how genius women suffer with marriage and children.
Have you put any consideration into BitTorrent, or something similar to it, becoming an integrated part of next generation operating systems? Have you thought any about what this next generation P2P would be like?
And have you thought any about turning BitTorrent into a money making venture with paid access to a large, fast, stable network of machines (backing up data over the network, encrypted of course)?
A new and better theory of Evolution that more accurately fits the current knowledge.
But knowing that evolution theory can never and will never be good enough, it would inevitable fall to a religious text of some form. So then, I guess the question becomes which religious text? What makes the judeo-christian religion text a better source than older religious texts? Beyond the fact that the creationists we're talking about are Christians and have an interest in spreading their religious views and only their religious views.
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As a member of the USAF, here's my take on military benefits:
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Guaranteed housing. Either you're on base for free, or you get housing allowance (Single E4 in DC area = $1300/month).
Guaranteed food. Either you eat in the chow hall for free, or you get an allowance (~$270/month)
Guaranteed health care, 100%. Go to sick call/hospital pretty much whenever you need to. Includes dental and optician.
Guaranteed work. Whether you want it or not.
Commissary and BX are tax free.
30 Days of Leave a year plus holidays and weekends. Only 9-to-5 workers get actual weekends and holidays off though, the rest of us (operational AF, operators) 2 and 3 and sometimes 4 day breaks thrown in. Regardless, you still get paid 12 months a year, but can take one of those months off. Or save those days (up to 60).
Being Deployed has extra benefits. And I'm not sure CyCom would even deploy into a live fire warzone.
And just being military can have benefits too ($55 lift tickets at Breck, and 15% off food).
As well as other stuff the above mentioned; Space-A flights for free, USAA, retirement after 20 years (50% of your last base pay).
And then there's the cool factor of being stationed in Germany or Italy or Japan for 2+ years (assuming CyCom will have shops in said countries).
AND...if a career field is undermanned, they'll actually give bonuses for re-enlistment equal to Multiplier * Monthly Base Pay * Years of re-enlistment. Multiplier based on how much they need people in the career field. I imagine CyCom fields would be pretty high once it starts rolling, x4 or x5.
The pay is not too shabby IMO. Base pay is not as high as civilian, but other stuff does go a ways to make up for it (see above).
Obviously, you can't quit whenever you want to. Contract obligations and all that.
You also have to maintain a fitness standard. That means a reasonable waist and weight (or BMI) and a decent 1.5 mile run time. Pushups and situps also count, but only for very little.
It ain't a dream job, but it's been pretty freaking awesome for me. First tour was in Germany, now I'm in DC, next stop; who knows?
For you "420" types...stay the fuck out of my military. There is a 100% Urinalysis policy. You will be piss tested, you will be caught.
\obviously i'm biased in favor
String Theory as applied to Monty Python?
You could also just do the old Restraunt at the End of the Universe trick... ;)
weeoooweeoooweeoooweeooo
Heh.
I'd say bringing a lawsuit is the last line of defense people have to protect themselves from greedy and overly powerful entities. The goverment has completely failed to do anything, so now people are falling on this last defense. It's a shame it had to get to this point, but hey...justice is justice.
Actually..I don't hate guns. Fucktard.
Heh. Bit too late for that. :-/
The goverment would win.
We the people don't have Stealth Bombers and precision munition
"A well regulated militia..."
It also states that the right to bear firearms is for maintaining a well regulated militia...
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
;)
Are you in a well regulated militia?
Are you necessary to the security of a free state?
Doubt it.
Something i'll never get, why don't conservatives hate the Second Amendment. Don't they hate regulation
South Central LA?
Heh...so is that saying you have a right to bear arms, assuming you join the military AND supply your own firearm?
Hmm...
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Heh...so is that saying you have a right to bear arms, assuming you join the military AND supply your own firearm? Hmm...
Taxes.
It's all about money.
Except no one wants blacks, or homosexuals, or such to have guns.
Not like some gun-toting, camo-wearing cracker is actually oppressed by this government. Unless you take oppression in the bin Laden (or other crazy ass religious right winger) definition as meaning 'not forcing my religion and views on other people'.
Hmm...a Space Elevator...based on...Morning Wood?
They'll never be able to make a Space Mountain though.
Disney already owns it.
The OP is at 5, and this is at 0?
Huh?
I mean DAMN.
man.
wow.
So women who get married and have children are even MORE adversely affected than men because there is still the cultural sexism that forces the 'homemaker' label on women.
Interesting.
That's my take anyway.
Maybe someone should write an article about how genius women suffer with marriage and children.
It's not the size that counts but how you use it, eh? ;)
No no, it'll be called Garfield when it gets old and bloated.
SHEESH.
Some people can't take a damn joke...
And this coming from a Mac-o-phile!!
Have you put any consideration into BitTorrent, or something similar to it, becoming an integrated part of next generation operating systems? Have you thought any about what this next generation P2P would be like?
And have you thought any about turning BitTorrent into a money making venture with paid access to a large, fast, stable network of machines (backing up data over the network, encrypted of course)?
A new and better theory of Evolution that more accurately fits the current knowledge.
But knowing that evolution theory can never and will never be good enough, it would inevitable fall to a religious text of some form. So then, I guess the question becomes which religious text? What makes the judeo-christian religion text a better source than older religious texts? Beyond the fact that the creationists we're talking about are Christians and have an interest in spreading their religious views and only their religious views.