Looked at how much I made in 2004. First year in the army. 15K 😂🤣😅 before tax.

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God. The barracks were the worst. At least that was mostly drinking money

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This post made me go back....enlisted in the Marines in 1994. Base pay after boot camp was $933.30 a month. 11,199.60 a year. Sounds about right. I remember getting $400 paychecks.

Sad thing is, that is more than some people make today teaching kids.

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Hey Booz Allen 1, enlisted in 91. I remember the number being low, but 933 seems about right! I remember they deducted for the uniforms 😝

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Back in 92, my pay was around 10K a year as an E1. Even after I made E4 and married, my pay was less than $1000 a month.

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933 was E-2 under 2 years. Painful...

BA1, yep, BCT in 93, I thought I was balling making 400 and change every other week. 😂

I made about $180 a month for drill pay as an E1 in 2002, those were the good old days...lol make about $800 now per month.

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