Military Pay Raises

Military Pay Raises
As a civilian in the business world who, once had nearly 200,000 people reporting to me, I am unable to recall any job where one is on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year : where one may be expected at any moment to move anywhere in the world and often to leave one's family behind; where one's children must change schools every two or three years: where one often must live in substandard housing: where one can't simply quit and find another job; and where during one's career, there is almost a certainty that someone will try to kill you. Now, let's see, what civilian job is the equivalent of that .

Norman R. Augistine, retired chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin, in a speech May 12, 2010