Is our soldiers really being paid enough?

I received an email about the statement of Cindy Williams who was appointed Director of National Security by Pres. Obama. Her statement was that there would be no pay raise for the military because our military gets paid more than enough. Well my friends let me give you insight to exactly how much our military gets paid... Starting out in the military i got 800 dollars a month. Between a car payment, Insurance, and a phone bill.... Lets just say that i barely got by. My husband now is an E-6 and we get paid 4200 a month. Now this is not bad, but he has been in almost 10 years now and we have a family to provide for. So our average monthly bills are around 2,200. Which leaves us about 2,000 for food and gas, with rising state taxes a 10 cents on the dollar, so that is 200 in taxes. plus this state has a road tax fee on almost everything.... so that is another 7 cents to gas prices, 30 dollars to tags, 3 dollars on oil changes, Am I making you guys think yet. We do well for a young couple but i do feel for the people who come into the military with a family making only about 1500 a month. You can pretty much say that they are struggling.
Now that I have given you insight on how much the military makes, lets open your eyes to how much people make doing the same thing as the military in the civilian world. Police officers start off pay is 27,000 a year, not much but still more than Military Police. My husband could be making a six figure salary doing the exact same job but better hours in the civilian world. He works anywhere from 70-100 hours a week.....seems impossible but its not. The civilians work maybe 40 hours a week. So people ask why do us military people stay in if the pay is so bad....Its simple.... WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE. There is a sense of pride and nothing else can give you that same feeling. If you have ever served then you know what i mean.
So in conclusion, I feel that we should pay our senators, governors, president, mayors, and other officials less and give the difference to the military and Civil Service members (police officers,fire departments,etc). Also our veterans need more support, 23% are homeless which 49% of them served in Vietnam. There are around 2 million homeless in America, that is 460,000 Homeless Veterans. Can we not do any better for our Military, the people who give their lives for us to have a better one?