• jacksilver@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    While you’re right, it is also the national guard so it’s a supplemental/part-time job and not the primary job for a lot of them.

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      9 hours ago

      My best friend from high school did a few years in the Army, the rest was with the Guard. Not sure how it all works, then or now, but that got him to 20-years and retirement benefits.