Military Or Civilian?

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Before making a military based character, one must really think about whether or not this is a real choice their character would make. It can be a radical and life changing decision and event. Below I will list the pros and cons of joining the military.

Pros

Cons

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Pros
Vacation Time: All members of military members get 60 hours of vacation time per month of active duty service.

Medical Care: All active and reserve members of the military get 100% of non-cosmetic medical work for them, their spouses, and their children.

Travel: Most members of the military get at least some time to see the world.

Respect: Most members of our society give respect to most, if not all, members of the military, if they are aware of their service.

Discounts: Many, many commercial businesses give discounted goods and services with a discount to active duty servicemen, a few less to retired as well, and a few less to non-retired veterans.

Young Retirement: The military is one of the few, if not the only job where one can retire at 37 years old.

College Tuition: If one goes to college while on active duty, the DoD will pay up to $61,000.00 USD for college tuition. Also, the DoD will pay up to $72,000.00 US on tuition loan repayment.

Physical Fitness: When one completed their basic recruit training within the military, they will be in the most fit condition they've ever been.

Self-Confidence: Most who graduate from basic training will come out much more self-confident than before they entered.

Career Improvement: Not only will the military give you a marketable skill, but future employers will usually look at hiring you before a non-veteran with all other things being equal.

Discipline: Those who graduate basic training will have much more discipline in their life, than they otherwise would have.

Guaranteed Raises: Unlike civilian employment, you will get a raise every year without having to negotiate one with your employer or through a trade union.

Date Based, Selectable Pay: Unlike civilian employment, you will get your pay on the same date every month. You may select all of your pay on the first of every month, or half of it on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Food Allowance: If you live off base, you will be given $323.87 US as an enlisted man, or $223.04 US as an officer, per month, to help pay for meals.

Housing Allowance: If you live off base, you will be given tax free money to help buy/rent housing per month based on your rank and dependent status.

Clothing Allowance Allowance: Enlisted personnel get all of their required uniforms free of charge, while officers must pay for all uniform components.

Severance Pay: Members with over six years, but less than 20 years of service, who receive an honorable discharge, while being separated from the service involuntarily (draw down, "up-or-out system," etc.) receive a severance pay (also called involuntary separation pay) equal to 10 percent of their annual basic pay, times the amount of years service they have completed.

Free Housing: If you live on base, you will be given free room & board. Junior Enlisted live in a dorm style setting with four to a room, and sharing a bathroom with another like room. Non-Commissioned Officers live two to a suit. These suits share a bathroom, and kitchen with a like room. NCO rooms are bigger, and better quality than junior enlisted rooms. Senior NCOs like first sergeants occupy the same style room as NCOs but 1 to a room. Junior officers live in a room equal to that of junior NCOs, but each room has it's own bathroom, but a shared kitchen. Senior officers live one to a room in a suit with a full bath, bedroom, and kitchen. First Officers like like senior officers, with a bigger room that includes an office. Commanding officers have the largest suits of all. They live like senior officers and first officers, but with a second room for having guest that can function as the "Captain/Commander's Mess".

Dormitory rooms are normally subject to two types of inspections: First, there is the normal, or periodic inspection which may or may not be announced in advance. This is where the commander or First Sergeant (or other designated person) inspect your room to make sure you are abiding by the standards (bed made, trash empty, room clean, etc.) The second type of inspection is called a "Health and Welfare Inspection." This type of inspection is always unannounced, often occurs about 2:00 A.M., and is comprised of an actual search of the dormitory rooms for contraband (drugs, guns, knives, etc.) At times, these HWIs are accompanied by a "random" urinalysis test, looking for evidence of drug abuse.

Some services/bases allow you to use your own furniture. Others are very strict about using the provided Government furniture, only. Even if you are required to use Government furniture, you can have your own stereo, television, or computer system.

All in all, most single enlisted people look forward to the day when they can move out of the dormitory.

Shopping on Base: Active duty, retired, reserve on assignment, national guard on assignment, and starting in december 2014, veterans, can shop at the various stores on base. All government run stores; PX/BX/NX/MCX, clothing exchange, ect.

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Cons
Death: All servicemen risk the possibility of death. Even non-combat oriented jobs, can be deployed without notice to a combat zone. This can result in serious bodily death.

Serious Physical Injury: All servicemen risk the possibility of death. Even non-combat oriented jobs, can be deployed without notice to a combat zone. This can result in serious bodily injury.

Mental Injury: All servicemen risk the possibility of being badly affected by something they experience in the heat of battle, and can cause mental disorders such as PTSD.

Injury to one's Liberty: The United States Constitution requires government to honor, protect and defend the natural rights of it's citizens. These rights include the freedom of free expression of ones religion, free speech, free assembly, free press, free self defense through arms, freedom from a state sponsored religion.

Freedom of the press and speech are curtailed by making it illegal to talk bad about the President while on active duty, on while in uniform during reserve duty.

freedom of assembly is curtailed by them telling you where you can and cannot go, and when you can and cannot go there, when not on leave. They may however call you back from leave at the discretion of your commanding officer.

Freedom of self defense is curtailed by most base commanders not allowing resident to keep and bear arms on their persons or in their vehicles while on base.


Change Of Contract: The Defense Department of the United STates of America reserves the right to change the details of your enlistment contract at their discretion.

Forfeiting Your Life: You sign over your life for eight years of time. This means that you are required to give 8 years of your time to military service. Most people only think you serve 4 years. The truth is that 4 years is the standard active duty time. However, you can be required to serve anything from 2 to 6 years on active duty, and the remaining time of your 8 years on reserve status.

You May Be Required To Kill: You may be required to kill other people in the commission of your duties. Sometimes this may cause those who are undeserving, or bystanders to die as well.

You May Experience Discrimination: While holding onto most of the traditional American cultural concepts and values, the military also sometimes experiences discrimination. Minorities and women are disproportionately few officers then anglo americans, and men. This is happening less and less as time go on, but still occurs every now and then.

Family Distance: You will be away from your family for 12-18 month deployments, or six months at a time on ship, and during any training.

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