For you military folks:
How disciplined are (were) you when it comes to your flight, submarine, combat or other special pays? (I rarely got any of those, so I pretty much lived (and saved) from my base pay plus allowances.) But I always thought that if I had been a pilot, submariner or other type that routinely earned extra pay, I would try to save/invest that on the theory that if other folks could get along without those pays, I could too. But I know that the pressure is great (or used to be), for example, for pilots to have fast cars, etc. How well did you deal with that sort of thing if you earned those special pays?
How disciplined are (were) you when it comes to your flight, submarine, combat or other special pays? (I rarely got any of those, so I pretty much lived (and saved) from my base pay plus allowances.) But I always thought that if I had been a pilot, submariner or other type that routinely earned extra pay, I would try to save/invest that on the theory that if other folks could get along without those pays, I could too. But I know that the pressure is great (or used to be), for example, for pilots to have fast cars, etc. How well did you deal with that sort of thing if you earned those special pays?