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Read the community guidelines1. You can cultivate your character, hone your mind, and develop your ability to withstand pressure.
2. You can experience enduring all kinds of unfair treatment.
3. You can enjoy the thrill of being exploited by the state.
4. Salary growth is limited, so you can learn how to manage your finances.
5. You can stand guard continuously, strengthening your core muscles.
6. You can perform artillery drills until you're satisfied, but unfortunately, you won't get to handle live ammunition—you can only go through the motions against the air.
7. You can eat bread that the bakery failed to sell the previous day for breakfast, as well as unsold agricultural products. Nutrition guaranteed.
8. While sleeping, you can listen to your fellow soldiers snore and grind their teeth.
There are no drawbacks; the commanding officer is always right.
Stable salary
Lifetime pension
I served as a career military member for six years, and it’s also been three years since I left the military.
The truth is, salaries outside aren’t necessarily worse, and you have more freedom.
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It may seem like the salary is high, but in reality, it just leaves you with no time to spend it.
You may not even live long enough to spend it.
Salary.
Apart from the salary.
Only the salary is real; everything else is unbearably difficult.
Only the salary is real; everything else is unbearably difficult.
The benefits seem good on the surface, but they only let you avoid starving—you still won’t have enough to eat.
You really need to think this through carefully; this is a road of no return.
There are fewer and fewer people, yet the workload only keeps increasing.
Originally, 10 people handled 10 tasks.
After the “improvement” initiative, there are fewer people, but far more tasks.
Each person must complete more than 10 tasks.
Is this really about developing talent, or exploiting the military?
I wonder when the officers in charge will finally face this issue.
Just be a non-commissioned officer. The pay is about the same, but there’s far less to do; every year, far more officers leave than are replaced.