just to supply one big box of cereal onboard the ship via tender costs the tax payer 12 dollars......or a days earnings for a "new soldier or marine."

navy is different because BAH is authorized for single E1 sailors.....I collected BAH while even out at sea....cha ching$$$

thats why they call sailors squids... because they can afford to eat out..i.e. seafood.

grunts are grunts because, the cheap car they are drivin is so old and heavy it takes a body-builder's strength just to open the door.