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Originally posted by UM_Gazz
Getting paid as much as $30,000 cash tax free to take a plane to Iraq..hmm
Would it be worth it?
Why are the marines being offered so much to re-enlist?
Could it be because the war in Iraq is so bad that they have to persuade enlisted personell with large sums of cash?
What ever happened to fighting for your country, or the "band of brothers"?
Maybe fighting for cash makes more sense.
Are we getting any closer to a draft?
[edit on 27-11-2004 by UM_Gazz]
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Do you read your own posts? Most of these questions are answered in the article you posted. Re-enlistment bonuses have been around at least since my day. In the past it was usually technical MOSs requiring extensive schooling that got the big bonuses. Now, combat experience is at a premium, so the combat MOSs are getting the big money.
Everything else in your comments is negative spin and fear mongering. And the term Marine, when it applies to United States Marines is always properly capitalized.
Originally posted by geocom
I have mentioned before that I am on the Individual Ready Reserve for 4 more years and if I get called up I will go with or without a bonus
(I would prefer the bonus but hey)
And as far as fighting for your country goes those soldiers have a job to do
and they are being told by there commanders and The Commander in Chief that this is fighting for there country , they are not there to ask questions just to get down to business.
Originally posted by mrdependable
I think it is disgraceful how little our troops are paid. They are all brainwashed with this dying for your country BS to con them into taking ridiculous risks with absolutely no compensation. What a scam!!!!
Originally posted by marg6043
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I see it this way things has getting so bad in Iraq that our soldiers have to be bribe to give their lives for Mr. Bush war in Iraq.
Originally posted by Muaddib
Actually those soldiers that are giving their lives are doing it also for you, so you can keep bashing everything the U.S. does, while you ignore everything else other countries do.
Originally posted by marg6043
Get a life mijo, your rant is getting old, better yet get advantage of the bonuses and go and give your life for Mr. Bush in iraq looks like you love him so much.
Originally posted by Muaddib
What is getting old is your rant Marg, you hate so much the policies of the U.S. you are free to go live in a socialist or communist country. I am sure the french will open their arms to you lovingly as long as you don't try to make any protests for the murders they are causing to unarmed people in the Ivory Coast...
I already served Marg and yes, i do love this country and if it was possible for me i would have joined the armed forces again.
Originally posted by marg6043
Your Mr. Bush is getting so desperate that it has to bribe our soldiers into risking their lives for his Iraqi war, and is eating your patriotism so bad that is making you bash anybody that can see the truth.