re: #22 Jack Burton

After boot camp, they get (If you think of them as salaried employees on 24 hour-call), the equivalent of about $9/hour. Then they get free room and board, free medical, etc. on top of that.

Federal minimum wage is still $7.25/hour at the time of this post.

As well as free medical care for life, financial aid to obtain a college education, and if they stay in long enough a pension as well. Not a 401K, an actual pension that will pay out til the day they die.