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2003-12-10 Home Front

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-12-10 9:31:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 For those that have not served a 3.7% is VERY big. I remember getting 2-2.5 percent pay raises during my twenty years of service. The targeting of career NCOs for additional raises is especially good. Still they make less than their civilian counter-part but they work for a non-profit entity. I remember my TI telling me in Basic: âYou will not get rich on military pay.â He was right!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-10 11:34:58 AM|| 2003-12-10 11:34:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 basic pay more in line with that of civilian counterparts

How much do riflemen get in the private sector these days?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-10 12:26:16 PM|| 2003-12-10 12:26:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Cyber Sarge - grade rise was the only way I ever saw an increase! Spc 5 sure as hell beat slick-sleeve!

Ship - Which type do you mean, made-guys, free-lancers, or company men?

Posted by ,com 2003-12-10 12:54:41 PM|| 2003-12-10 12:54:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Shipman, .com: Hey you guys, stop that ! A mouthful of Coke sprayed through the nose is painful !

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-12-10 1:23:59 PM|| 2003-12-10 1:23:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 .com, Amen Bro! In the Military the only SIGNIFICANT pay increase comes when you make grade.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-10 1:31:30 PM|| 2003-12-10 1:31:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 On "concurrent receipt", just to set the record straight. I'm currently 70% disabled. My disability pay is $1100 a month, and my military retirement pay (E-7 with 26 years) is about $1575. I pay a little taxes, get a $100 bond every month, otherwise my pay is 'clean'. I bring in the $1100 Disability and $410 retirement. The first step in the ten-year Concurrent Receipt phaseout will result in my getting an extra $250 a month in TAXABLE retirement pay. It's only at the high end - nine or ten years - that Uncle Sugar stops taking a significant percentage of my retirement pay and giving it to me as disability pay. The amounts of retirement pay "discounted" from concurrent receipt rules is higher for 80, 90, and 100%, but nowhere is it 100% right from the get-go. Not a hell of a lot of "compensation" for chronic pain, 24/7, and some severe restrictions on everything, including daily activities most people take for granted.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-10 1:39:23 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-10 1:39:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 OP, cash can't pay for that type of pain.

Shipman, most of the guys who worked for me got pretty good reenlistment checks. Also VHA and BAQ provided good cashflow that didn't show up as a wage per say.

I would like to see more governemnt grants and loans tied to service. Also the GI Bill could be improved. Very few kids are ready for college before service anyway.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-10 5:06:30 PM|| 2003-12-10 5:06:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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