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Bruh that was 15 years ago. 30-40% inflation puts that to 27k. Not having to pay for a roof over your head ~1k/month. 39k. Not paying taxes on that pay is another 6k for a realistic compensation of 45k. Single E4 in clarksville TN makes $2500/month + $1800/month for housing. Not bad considering most of them would be stocking shelves if they weren't in the army. Plus the 60k in GI Bill benefits

Your logic is flawed. "A roof over your head" yeah if you mean a tent roof in the scorching desert your correct. His point was a low ranking (and even the mid to higher enlisted ranks) do not get compensated for what they (we) do.

I spent 22 years in the AF (recently retired as a E8) and I did things while in that would have paid me much more on the outside...like being an assistant superintendent for a squadron of 650 people.

I'm all for 10%....its more than fair, especially since our pay raises have not been much over the last 10 years.

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Posted by TopFlightSecurity

Watertown, NY

Member since Dec 2018

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Posted on 12/27/18 at 6:06 pm to CajunTiger78

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Your logic is flawed. "A roof over your head" yeah if you mean a tent roof in the scorching desert your correct. His point was a low ranking (and even the mid to higher enlisted ranks) do not get compensated for what they (we) do.

I spent 22 years in the AF (recently retired as a E8) and I did things while in that would have paid me much more on the outside...like being an assistant superintendent for a squadron of 650 people.

I'm all for 10%....its more than fair, especially since our pay raises have not been much over the last 10 years.

Thank you for your service.

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