Yeah, it's funny when I see E-3's driving late-model BMW's, Mercedes', new trucks, etc. When I talked to my father when I went in he was astonished at my pay. What seemed small to me in '92 really wasn't small, considering I wasn't paying for a damn thing. He, on the other hand, was making beans in '69. Our troops today? I won't say they're banking, but they're not hurting by a long shot. Yeah, you enlist as an E-1 with a wife and 4 f'n kids, you might be hurting....but that's not the damn military's fault. You got off your ass, now get your wife off her back.