F106A Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) Back when you joined the service of course. Check this site out for pay tables going back to 1949. http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/militarypaytables/militarypaypriorrates.html BTW, I made $642.90 when I joined up as an E-2 in February 1983. Just a hair over what a bird colonel over 22 years in service made in 1949! As an E-2 Uncle Sam paid for my supper and bed though! Mark Edited November 28, 2009 by F106A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0495 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 As an E2 in 1965 I was making $93 a month. How things change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACAF Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 I remember in the early part of 1971 getting a 100% pay raise and was still making less than a hundred dollars a pay day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Not too long after I got to Naha in 67, I remember getting a paycheck for $293.00. As an E-2 I realized that that was more than three months pay so I tried getting it straightened out at the Base Finance office. After standing in line in the hot sun along with other Airmen and Officers, I got in and the clerks informed me that there was nothing I could do but not spend it all at once because I wouldn't be getting another paycheck for several months. Yeh right. with Naminoue calling etc. I was broke in a month! Thanks to the pawn shop out the back gate, I managed to make it somehow!!! Hell, I even learned where the chow-hall was!!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INS/Dopplertroop Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) October 68 Basic Trainng $102.00 a month. Another vivid memory was at CCK, E-3 A1C 3-level. Wasn't making too much more than the $102, Go no check the first pay period after getting married. Stormed into Finance to find out they hold a monthly $150 housing allowance out of my bi-weekly pay. This was to eventually be sent to the new bride on the 15th but left me with zero. They had to get the "shirt" to authorize a $10.00 health and welfare payout (basically a loan) so I could buy soap, shave cream, razor blades, and boot polish. Couldn't have me showing up to work unshaven or needing a boot shine. Showing up hungry was OK though. Edited December 6, 2009 by INS/Dopplertroop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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