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~~If they were struggling financially they wouldn’t have been granted a clearance in the first place.~~
…maybe they skimped on the background check?
In theory sure. In practice, damn near anyone can get a clearance if their CO leans on the evaluating body a little. It's ridiculous some of people we happily hand serious, hardcore state secrets to
You can get your background check and get in financial trouble after the fact and you can also get the job and realize that you're underpaid for your level of responsibility... But it might have been greed plain and simple.
Definitely - especially since they’re given clearances while they’re still practically kids and have no substantial financial history.
Basically, if you can get approved for a credit card with a $100 limit, you can get approved for a security clearance.
I remember people on Reddit talking about how these young enlisted guys would see their military paychecks and just buy shit right and left not realizing that they can't actually afford it. So all these sergeants would have brand new expensive cars parked at their barracks (or however that works).
Hopefully by the time they reach Sergeant they have more sense than that.
There definitely is truth to stereotype of privates buying Hellcats at the low low rate of 24.99% APY though…
I was going to make a joke about a relatively young, new member of the military blowing their signing bonus as a downpayment on a car they can't really afford, but uh... ate the onion.
There's a reason many military bases have a ton of car dealerships in close proximity.