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>Training is similar to boot camp I somehow doubt it's harder than real boot camp in the marines, and their base pay is at least 5 times less!
by metamemetics 16y ago
>Training is similar to boot camp
I somehow doubt it's harder than real boot camp in the marines, and their base pay is at least 5 times less!
- krschultz 16y agoTrue, though not sure about California, in my home state pretty much all state troopers are ex-military anyway so it doesn't matter.
- ramchip 16y agoWhy would it not matter? I don't understand why troopers being ex-military has any relevance to the issue.
- paddy_m 16y agoIf the already went through military bootcamp, CHP bootcamp would be a breeze.
- ramchip 16y agoThe poster's point was that having a tough boot camp does not justify the highway police salaries, since marines do a similar camp and earn a lot less. Thus saying that CHP bootcamp is a breeze for ex-military does not make that argument not matter, it reinforces it.
- sedachv 16y agoNot to mention that for all the "elite this" and "chosen that," infantry training is designed exactly for the average man.
- mcgraw 16y agoI pulled my first pay stub from the Marines (2001-2005). $350 bi-weekly after taxes. 4-years/4-promotions later, I was sitting around $650 bi-weekly when I left to head to college. We're both trained for completely different purposes. Without a doubt, sending a CHP officer into Marine Corps boot camp would be quite the whirl wind for the guy/gal.