Air Force Pay Cuts Looming Next Month for Airmen in the Service's Toughest Jobs

Military.com ^ | 6 September 2022 | Thomas Novelly

[adorno]

Not really. Nobody has said yet how it is being paid.

Yet, when it comes time to pay for a social program, it's always the military that has its funding cut. Democrats have always done that.

[jacknhoo]

They have to pay for these enlistment bonuses somehow.
Well, except the Marines, they’re not really increasing theirs.

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Enlisting in the Air Force could land you almost $60,000 in bonus pay
By Rachel S. Cohen
Wednesday, Jul 13
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/07/13/enlisting-in-the-air-force-could-land-you-almost-60000-in-bonus-pay/

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Navy offers future sailors, veterans up to $115,000 in enlistment, loan repayment incentives
By Diana Stancy Correll
Thursday, Aug 11

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/08/11/navy-offers-future-sailors-veterans-up-to-115000-in-enlistment-loan-repayment-incentives/

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MARINES FY22 ENLISTMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS (UP TO $8000)
Date Signed: 8/27/2021 |
https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/2752559/fy22-enlistment-incentive-programs/

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June 17, 2022
Army offers $35K for 45-day quick ship and $10K for 2-year enlistment option
USAREC PAO
https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article/3067569/army-offers-35k-for-45-day-quick-ship-and-10k-for-2-year-enlistment-option/#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%20the,signing%20a%20four%2Dyear%20contract.

[CodeToad]

Illegal aliens still get more money than the enlisted military.

[T.B. Yoits]

Cutting bonuses for First Sergeants is going to make commanders lives a lot more difficult. A lot.

[OldArmy52]

Recruiting has become very difficult.
Cutting the pay should surely help.
“Well, I was not going to enlist, but the pay cut motivated me to enlist after all.”

If a hostile group took over the US Govt for purpose of destroying the US, what would they do any different?

[Harpotoo]

In the late 70s I served in italy. I did not get overseas pay because they said we were in a safe zone. I volunteered for the base demo team because they said we had 20 minutes if a war broke out. Kind of confusing why no overseas pay if we had to worry about abandoning the base and blowing up the runway if we were in a safe zone.

[NautiNurse]

If a hostile group took over the US Govt for purpose of destroying the US, what would they do any different?

One would expect a hostile group to deplete U.S. oil reserves and make deals with China, Iran and Venezuela, while striving to put U.S. energy producers out of business. Anyone who expresses concern about these activities would be labeled radical extremists.

[JackFromTexas]

Never mind who’s going to fly the F-15’s!

Who’s going to maintain, fuel & arm them? Or select and designate targets?

Those are the ones more apt to get cuts, I don’t see pilots on the list.

[Jotmo]

“what does “Special Duty” mean?”

Jobs that suck (more than most military jobs), or are more hazardous for one or many reasons.

This is just a way to prevent people from leaving when their enlistment is up.

These are not all combat related, they’ve been around for a long time. We had them when I was in the USAF in the ‘80’s.

[JackFromTexas]

My Father got special duty pay in WWII. He was in the Army Quartermaster Corps in the Pacific.
He was a diver, the hard helmet type, who primarily worked at clearing wreckage and prepping piers in recently taken harbors. He mentioned it as ‘hazardous duty pay.’

[PIF]

Gotta pay for the high maintenance hanger queen F-35s some how.

[laplata]

Thanks for that.

[PerConPat]

LOL...No!

[DIRTYSECRET]

I was smart enough to make staff as a first termer. WAPS testing program. 5% of every AFSC got promoted. Unfortunately the Security Police didn’t have enough ‘leaders’ so they promoted 50% of them. Totally unfair. Morale was so low amongst them that they gave them berets and made them blouse their pants. Talk about stupid. Then they broke the job up into 3 specialties. One was law enforcement. The other had to do with dogs. One guy(2nd termer) wined “I’ve been chasing a dogs ass for 5 years”.

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping

[crusty old prospector]

Try Lufthansa.

[Svartalfiar]

I don’t know what they get paid, and it’s probably too low, but we shouldn’t continue a wartime bonus if we are not at war. We should instead increase the base if it’s not at an appropriate level.

These aren't wartime boni. These are extra pays for special or hazardous or difficult duties. Stuff like combat controllers or pararescue - they have to play like they're in the Army, and that's terrible! Extra pay. ATC and TACP - difficult stuff that's very delicate and can easily get people killed if you mess something up - Extra pay. Basic training instructors - Something like 12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week, for two months at a time. (For Army, I dunno how much easier AF basic is for the drill sergeants.) No OT pay, but get an extra $75 a month!

Not sure why recruiters get the bonus pay though, that's a pretty cush job...?

[ExTexasRedhead]

Meanwhile illegals and terrorists are being allowed into the country thanks to the FU Biden Admin and they’re given $$$ of our taxpayer dollars.

Are you sufficiently pissed enough at the enemies within including 90-95% of the US Congress who sit silently playing with each other & getting $$ under the table while our nation and the US military is being destroyed?

[cranked]

How’s recruitment going these days, military dipsh*ts?!
And to think these are the same mofos who are continuously gaslighting Russia and China. Bravado and hubris don’t win wars/conflicts; they only lead to one getting their asses kicked, and personally and imho, as an ex-PJ, we need an ass kicking.

[mad_as_he$$]

Hat tip to COP. Luftansa still operates 747s on a regular schedule(so it seems in 2022):

https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/74h