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Dee Kaos
August 17th, 2005, 10:08 PM
I heard a rumor, that its going to $750 a month from $250. any truth to this?
BattleWhack
August 18th, 2005, 12:01 AM
I heard a rumor, that its going to $750 a month from $250. any truth to this?
I haven't heard anything about it, but it would be nice.
Kill_Switch
August 18th, 2005, 01:14 PM
Thats what the buzz is around here. I'm pretty sure that its a done deal.
psycho chicken
August 18th, 2005, 01:29 PM
A MONTH? You guys are getting ripped! $250 a DAY!
Toastar
August 18th, 2005, 03:18 PM
you get $250/day on top of your salary for being on hazardous duty? wow
GrosPoisson
August 18th, 2005, 07:53 PM
A MONTH? You guys are getting ripped! $250 a DAY!

$250 AUD = $188.156 USD as of this post... times 28... holy crap. That works out to $5268.20 US a month.
psycho chicken
August 18th, 2005, 11:28 PM
Yep, on top of your regular pay and it's tax free. There are scales for it, Iraq is the top level right now, but peacekeeping and the like earns you a little bit less.
[hk]renegade
August 19th, 2005, 04:09 PM
um its by month, not day and uh i heard it was only going up by 100 bucks, but im still in the sandbox till october so im outta the loop... I was also told that we were suppose to get paid for the new amount for time in country that the bill wasnt activated for, lotta back pay there.
BattleWhack
August 19th, 2005, 06:35 PM
Hell I'm still in the states, and I haven't heard shit... I don't have the need to know, I guess. Figures.
SWATJester_os
August 25th, 2005, 05:39 AM
chicken is in the aussie army, his rules are diff. then ours.

What I care about, is that retroactive? for example, my feb 2003-2004 will get an extra 500 x12 retroactive pay?