14 Feb 2026 1:27 pm
Damn...Thank you for your service.MR-7 » 14 Feb 2026, 2:02 pm » wrote: ↑ Yes....26 years. My military retirement is $6600.00 a month. My SS is $1400.00 a month (Claiming at 62 permanently cuts your benefit by 25 to 30%.) I took it. My IRA pays me $940.00 a month. I have 100% free medical......................................
I was in a combat zone for 7 years of my career....
So, this is what I have to say to anyone who thinks my military service was not a real job.
Your tax dollars helped pay for my service. My service helped protect your ability to complain about it.
My service is the reason you still have a country to pay taxes in. If paying taxes for national defense bothers you, your issue isn’t with me, it’s with the Constitution. Military pay is a federal obligation. I fulfilled mine. You’re welcome for the return on your investment. We both paid taxes. I served. You’re welcome.