US Military Pay

[RaiderDingo]

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BAH
Below are the rates of tax-free housing allowance (Basic Allowance for Housing, or BAH) that are provided to enlisted military personnel (with dependents) who are authorized to reside off base at government expense. AND Base housing

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Medical

Medical Covarage which in America can be very expensive. ON the Avrage you will pay 600 USD per month as a civilain. SO AS A US Military member your dependents are covered. Whenyou go to the doctor you dont pay medical or medicine.

And I forgot animals are also covered on US Bases.

BAS
2006 Basic Allowance for Sustenance Rates( Food)

Category Monthly Allowance
Officers (Commissioned & Warrant) $187.49
Enlisted $272.26


COLA Cost of Living ALLOWANCE in relation to where you are stationed


PCS.
Per diem for Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves which pays you and your dependent to move and travel and moving expencis

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Special pay
Types of Special Pay:
Aviator Retention Bonus
Critical Skills Retention Bonus
Diving Duty Pay
Enlistment Bonus
Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Hardship Duty Pay
High Deployment Allowance
Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay
Judge Advocate Continuation Pay
Overseas Extension Pay
Sea Duty Pay
Selective Reenlistment Bonus
Special Duty Assignment Pay
Special Pay for Dental Officers
Special Pay for Medical Officers
Special Pay for Nurse Corps Officers
Special Pay Pharmacy Officers, Optometrists, and Veterinarians


Then theres GI Bill that goes up there I think mine was 65,000

Pay rates
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On a whole I think that my pay was before I left 3400 usd per month plus my housing was paid for and full medical for the family.

[Martin Scott]

Jesus I joined the wrong Army.

[RaiderDingo]

I also received Foreign Language Proficiency Pay 100 per month for speaking French. Jump pay was 100 per month. When I enlisted I had a 10,000 enlistment bonus and when i reenlisted I received another 5000.

[wannabee]

Where again do you apply for a green card?

[Panhandler]

Where again do you apply for a green card?

Be real nice to the Americans.

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STILL WANNA JOIN THE FFL!?!?

[Fragment]

Seriously. Who gives a **** about money?

[crazysix0231]

Don't know too many people who don't expect some type of compensation for duty.

[flash010]

In the Legion we just needed enuff for our beer a shag and some ciggies

[Fragment]

In the Legion we just needed enuff for our beer a shag and some ciggies

THANK YOU! thats all a man need. well almost.

[crazysix0231]

Well they paid us for ALOT OF BEER AND Smokes

[pegasus]

Jesus I joined the wrong Army.

FRIGGIN HELL, yep yer right Martin, we joined the wrong outfit...LOL. As the saying goes... no money no fanny, plenty of money yer beatin em off with a baseball bat

[steve]

it kind of puts it in perspective.....good on them....it puts our goverment in its place...

[NyCbPhil]

In the US Military they punish u for drinkning. I am serious, these day's if u come back drunk, they take u to go see the Man. The Man ussualy give's u 45/45 days restriction, half the pay time's two and sometimes they take away a stripe.

[taric]

****in' hell not bad i spent most of my time in the para's pissed out me skull always jumped hung over soon sobered up tho!!!!
always packed my exercise kit pissed so i had a few surprises after the jump when i went into my kit to find my sleeping bag to find i've packed one spare sock and a crate of stella artois !!!!!! and some porn!!!

[Bren]

It pisses me off that guys in my unit get BAH and can live out in town cause they married some fat chick who they always threaten to divorce. That is my pay gripe. They need to change it.