US Army Pfc. Jacob Paxson and Pfc. Antonio Espiricueta, both from Company B ("Death Dealers"), 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, on a foot patrol in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq. Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock/US Air Force
Business Insider/We Are The Mighty: Here's how much US troops were paid in every American war
Think it's hard making it month to month in the barracks on just an E-1 pay? Well, the recruits who won America's earlier wars had to make ends meet with much, much less to draw on.
See how much troops made in each conflict, both in their own currency and adjusted for inflation:
Author's note: The pay structure changed over time. From the Korean War to today, military pay has been relatively consistent across the services and the numbers listed in entries 8-11 reflect the financial realities of an E-1 enlisted servicemember. For earlier conflicts, pay was calculated using the salary of a first-year Army private or a junior infantryman.
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WNU Editor: It is obvious that in some of these conflicts .... people did not join for the money.
6 comments:
silly stuff...In non-war times, many went regular army to make a decent living with housing, food, medical help, clothing. That is why most in the army were Americans from the deep South and a lot of American Indians. then, in wartime, there was the G.I. Bill. I had no money for college but was able to go since I had the Bill, a piece of WWII before final peace agreement signed. Then, after Korean war another piece of the Bill and I was able to go to and complete college. How much is a college degree worth today?
Add to finances while enlisted the cost of uniforms and missing gear. I could barely break even in the 70s while in.
Also, some of the "enlisted" were forced to join because of a draft.
Some religions, such as Mormons (LDS), claim that it is a Mormon's duty to god and country to enlist if needed regardless of which country drafts the Mormon, that is, it was against their religion to evade the draft.
I think it is a "sin" to force troops to "barely break even," especiallly when there is a draft.
The P/E ratios of most college degrees are not worth it.
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/why-the-us-military-is-so-southern/72100
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/who-serves-the-us-military-the-demographics-enlisted-troops-and-officers
The South is still overrepresented and it is not due to poverty.
Georgia is booming. Georgia has been booming for 1 generation back if not longer.
Ditto Birmingham.
Ditto the Carolinas.
Whodat,
What am I missing? I very well could be missing something here. CRA was insufficient or missing in the 1970s?
Annual Clothing Replacement Allowance (CRA)
https://militarybenefits.info/military-clothing-allowance-rates/
http://www.me.ngb.army.mil/dhr/agr/army/agr%20pay/pay%20%26%20allowances/clothing%20replacement%20allowance.htm
https://ec.militarytimes.com/static/pdfs/Pay-Center-2016-Clothing-Allowance.pdf
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