Seriously? Its not like the military's retirement system or pay is a secret. Those same people had the option to join and enjoy being away from their family for a year at a time while sleeping in some dump country.
Maybe a half century ago the military pension system was well known, but this is 2016 and a public ignorant of anything that doesn't directly involve them.
As an example, for years when asked what I did in the Navy, and I replied I was an air traffic controller, a reasonably intelligent conversation followed. Now the most often response is: "The Navy has airplanes?".
Our pensions would've been gone decades ago if more people knew about them. Just look at all the flack state employees receive on various forums. Why? Everybody knows one.
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