Geeze, I remember my first payday at basic training in Fort Jackson. The whole post, close to 20,000 troops, got paid at the same place and time in cash. They had lots or security, guys with rifles and helicopters circling overhead. We marched over in formation, reported to table set up outside some headquarters building, we saluted, “reported for pay”, got handed some money signed for it, saluted and left. Try wiring that to the Dominican Republic.
> Geeze, I remember my first payday at basic training in Fort Jackson.
I remember my first payday at basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Back then, as an E-1, I got the grand sum of $89 per month. It seemed like a fortune at the time.