You my friend are either a liar or the only officer I ever met that lives in the barracks. To make the pay you are claiming you would have to be an O1 with less than 3 years in. You need to quit whining about your pay because after 6 years in the Army an officer will make about 77000 a year, which is more than an enlisted man who has spent his whole adult life in the Army and managed to make the highest enlisted rank possible, E9. My friend, if you stay until retirement, you’ll be making between $60,000 – $90,000 a year for the rest of your life starting in your mid forties, doing nothing.

Buddy, if you are an officer in the US military, you have no right or leg to stand on if you try to make yourself out to be a common working man, or some sort of middle class guy just like the rest of us.

If you lived into your 80’s, your retirement plan alone will cost the tax payers almost $2.5 million. Don’t pretend your something your not.