I’m in the military and I tend to not think about what I give up. I go to the desert. I put myself in harms way. I work in an inherently hazardous job. People would like to kill me for who I am and what I do. I work odd and long hours. I am forced to eat MRE’s at times. I wear the same thing every single day at work. I have actually hit the dirt because I didn’t want to get blown up. Congress dictates how much I get paid and my pay is lumped in with the overall defense bill. If they don’t approve the entire bill I don’t get a cost of living pay increase. (luckily we haven’t seen that one yet because nobody wants to see a commercial about them voting down pay increases for military members during an election year)
These things don’t bother me – they’re all part of the job and I know it. It’s not a big deal. The thing that does get me is weekend duty. The base is having an exercise and our section doesn’t have any direct involvement. We are working 12 hour shifts on the weekend in the interest of equal suffering by all. I’m a huge proponent of equal suffering but why did they schedule it on a weekend? Do they really hate us?
Long story short – I put in a leave request so I can have the weekend off.
Oh well
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