Posted on 07/11/2007 5:36:06 PM PDT by SandRat
In addition to basic pay, officers (and enlisted) also receive certain non taxable allowances.
On top of that, there are tax exemptions for serving in certain areas, as well as some other programs designed to enhance the annual income of our Military volunteers.
Actually, some do quite well if they are smart about how they do certain things.
Do you have a problem with that?
227th still kicking ass after all these years!
Sorry, I can only speak for my branch (USAF), and we do not attend basic on our way to receiving a commission through either the Air Force Academy, ROTC, or Officer Training School (OTS). The Army commissioning paths are a bit outside of my expertise.
SIDENET (Major, USAF)
“Actually, Officers generally do attend basic training prior to OCS.”
They don’t in the Marine Corps.
Why would you think I have a problem with asking my question?
A lot of information about twin brothers here!
Thanks for the great link!
LOL! ... and did you notice that the window behind them was a trapezoid, not a rectangle.
http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/2006militarypaytables.html
is the web site. Click on the pdf. There are 11 pages to include other pay besides base pay.
That is not a trick of the lens.
I went through basic training with a set of identical twins.
The drill sergeants had fun - because they could feign ignorance of the other brothers existence, when a new “shift” came on board.
“Didn’t I tell you to clean the orderly room? Why are here at the mess hall?”, much hilarity ensues. They were assigned separate duty stations but the DS’s figured out a way to ensure their orders were changed prior to that. (One of the brothers “failed” a PT test, and got held over)
They aren’t in the Marine Corps.
See the posts I was replying to, Captain Obvious.
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