text: the military can be a decent life. Honestly. I joined at 18 and I regret having gotten out after only 8 years. But it is not for everybody.\nWith the demmies in power you can almost count on the following:\nNo cost of living increases for service members, in keeping with the national COL.\nInadequate training due to lack of proper funding.\ninadequate equpment. No new weapons systems or upgrades available.\nLittle benefit increases over the next ten years.\nLittle schooling available due to cut backs.\nlarge numbers of soldiers being denied re-enlistment.\nPoor living conditions in the US for soldiers living on base due to inadequate maintenance funding.\n\nThat's what makes soldiers so great. they put up with this crap and still do the job they are trained to do better than any other soldier in the world.