<prompt> Human: Looking at the pay scales, along with twenty year retirements, BAH, etc.Am I missing something here or is being a military officer one of the best compensated careers anyone can go into?EDIT:Im still rather junior in the workforce, but are 60 hour workweeks not the norm for anyone pushing for upper management positions anyway?Assistant: Think of O4 to O5 as upper middle management and O6 to general as upper management and CEO level. Then it makes more sense. Plus the expected 60 hour weeks...Human: Think of the low entry requirements to ROTC etc. programs;Im struggling to find a single other career move that say, an average poli sci grad could make that would be more lucrative.Quickly stops feeling like service...  <response>: The military hasnt been about patriotic sacrifice for a long time. Most people join it for the very practical benefits it offers paybenefitseducationtraining, and theres nothing wrong with that. We get a motivated well-compensated volunteer force that actually wants to be there, and the military gets a reputation as a way to set yourself up for success instead of some sort of last-resort job. 