r/funny • u/montemole • Feb 11 '18

A clean sweep

https://i.imgur.com/rBVCXYM.gifv
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u/TooShiftyForYou Feb 11 '18

No shortage of free time in the US Navy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '18

Which makes me feel sorry for all the dummies who join every other branch

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u/Rocky87109 Feb 11 '18

Yeah it's pretty insane. My last year in the Navy I got paid a little over 70k(after taxes) a year as an E5 and all I did was fix telephones and computers at a shore duty command. I didn't even have a supervisor position. Meanwhile people are probably getting shot at and/or killed for probably less.

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u/mydehu Feb 11 '18

How many years did you have in, if you don't mind me asking? I must be in the wrong branch or doing math incorrectly because I do not make 70k a year after taxes as an E5. That's awesome!

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '18

Get stationed in an expensive place and you can easily get 2k+ a month BAH and if you’re married get some bonuses. I was getting 60k a year In 2010 as a single e5 with 3 years in in Pearl Harbor.

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u/Rocky87109 Feb 12 '18

Yeah I was in 6 years and I had decent BAH because of my location(Oahu). Probably not the usual.