Military Retirement and Benefits

Introduction

A few days ago the Defense Department announced that the first time in 13 months U.S. forces exceeded the plan to bring in the numbers of new recruits. Thus, the Pentagon managed to reverse the negative trend of reducing staffing units and personnel, which arose in connection with the refusal of young Americans to military service, primarily because of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. As reported by recruiting command of U.S. Army, the success achieved by offering potential recruits more favorable conditions for expanding the social benefit package for military personnel and their families.

Discussion

U.S. soldiers, and so have significant benefits in relation to other citizens. Nevertheless, the stresses on the website Washprofile.org, while business entities prefer to cut benefits and rewards for their employees, the Pentagon, on the contrary, increase social benefits. It is highly significant in this respect compared vacations enjoyed by ordinary Americans and the military. Thus, the average citizen of the United States after a year of work will be entitled to paid leave of 8.9 days. Worked for three years, has 11 days of vacation, five years - 13. After 25 years of work in one place for vacation shall be extended to 19.2 days. The soldier just served a year, gets a vacation of 30 days from the prepaid way home and back. In this holiday-makers almost in half offset by the cost of living in a motel when he took advantage of them. Be advantageous to the military and for education. According to the U.S. Department of Education in 2005, roughly half of U.S. companies paid their staff training courses and other educational programs. However, this education must be obtained in the profile area that is, relatively speaking, an accountant at the expense of the firm may not receive a ...