From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 09 2002 - 15:50:32 MDT
--- CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/5/02 9:40:28, Dehede011@aol.com writes:
>
> >Curt,
> > Was your figures based on a 40 hour week? If you figure the
> actual
> >hours worked you find out the $/hour number is lower than flipping
> burgers.
>
> 2000 hours worked/year * $5/hour = $10K. Like I said, is the
> military cash
> payment really so low?
In 1988, E-1 pay was about $600/month. E-2 with three years service was
about $1000/month by 1990. Additionally, one received free housing
(college dorm room quality for singles in the Air Force, slightly less
nice in the Army), free medical, cafeteria style food, and if one
worked night shifts, additional food allowance of about $200/month
since the cafeteria wasn't a 24/7 operation. If you had spouse and/or
kids, you received additional allowances, though through much of the
1990's, enlistees with spouses and kids earned so little that many only
got by on food stamps (I suppose the Clinton's figured that it 'took a
village') and low income housing from the state, since many bases were
short on family housing due to large scale condemnations related to
asbestos.
An enlistee could work as little as a few hours a day, or as much as 12
hours of every 20 hours, while also being on 24 hour alert/on call.
Naval enlistees are separated from family for 6 months at a time or more.
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