I don't think you have to pay to access military.com, but you do have to register. If that's a barrier, there is an archived copy of the article

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago

I always thought history has taught us that not paying your army is always a massive mistake. I suppose those in power at the current time probably didn't do well in history classes and were likely even proud of it.

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