Okay, but let us be honest.
What exactly does a company like Haliburton pay an American civillian with no college degree to work in a middle eastern warzone?
I think you had better have both items at least be on the same continent in your comparisons
I am being honest. Basic pay increases apply to military no matter where they are posted. I won’t demean any military specialty here by saying some deserve less others. Someone slogging through the hills of Afghanistan deserves to make more (for the same grade) than someone sitting in an office in the US. I think combat pay in particular should be very generous. Plus, combat pay won’t continue to inflate the budget once war is over.