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only 35k to risk your life in some far off corner of the world away from your loved ones?
That’s $35K, plus free room and board. If you have no loved ones, it’s actually a pretty decent option.

You can water plants in New Jersey for better money.

You’d have to be a fucking rube to enlist at those rates.

The 35k I’m assuming is a sign on bonus
it’s not, that is your annual salary
It’s probably the signing bonus, base pay for an E-1 is much lower. Going off 2023 rates the first year base pay comes out to $22,432.80 plus BAH/S, specialty pay etc. might bring it up to $30k ish. Even if they are coming in as an E-4 base pay will be $30,042.