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To: Tulsa Ramjet
Actually no - for many years now NCO's have been getting much larger raises than officers - to the point now (at least in SF) the team commander is one of the worst paid on the team...
3 posted on 10/26/2006 12:19:30 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana
to the point now (at least in SF) the team commander is one of the worst paid on the team...

That's a very misleading statement, for people not familiar with SF teams. A group of E7s and CW3s with 15+ years in and multiple qualifications are going to be very competetive with a fresh O3 who can't lace his boots without the Team Sergeant JMPIing them.

Officers aren't there to really lead an SF team. They're there to gain experience, before being shuffled off to a different rotation. SF teams are NCO teams, lead by an E8, and those NCOs have skills and qualifications that earn them quite a bit of extra money. The officer is basically kept in tow for paperwork purposes, and for liason work.

Other militaries don't understand our NCO structure, and won't listen to somenone who's not an officer. In that regard, many 'team commanders' are simply there as 'translators' for the team sergeant. An important job, but if you've ever been on or worked with an SF team, you know that the commander is the least skilled, and most expendable asset the team has.

15 posted on 10/26/2006 12:32:20 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: 2banana
'scuse me?

Base pay:

Captain at 4 years: $4587/month
Staff Sergeant at 12: $2948/month
Master Sergeant at 20: $4071

Housing:

Master Sergeant at Fort Bragg: $1091
Captain at Fort Bragg: $1122


Granted enlisted get bonuses, but at the 20 year mark those don't count a retirement.
18 posted on 10/26/2006 12:35:17 PM PDT by Gamecock (The GRPL: Because life is too short for bad Theology*)
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