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An added note. I recall my first 3 months of pay. $90 gross/month (perhaps that was net). I believe this moved to $102.50/month with the first rank promotion. 'Course, the food was free, housing was free, transportation was free, clothing was free and free medical/dental; including all 36 immunizations (I still have the record book for these) I received during my service time.
Thank you both for your service. I thanked Ted on the other thread.
I cannot remember what my pay was in 1976 but it wasn't much. I also remember those shots too. It was called the firing line in Coast Guard boot camp. Not fun getting injected in both arms.
Never mind the arms. When I was getting set up for duty @ 9.04562 / 117.634 it was not only the arms but my butt also. That was in 1957. Semper per DingDing!
Thanks, all. And remembering those who gave everything they had, and their loved ones: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom." -Abraham Lincoln.
Ouch! @Old_Joe. Back then there was no such thing as disposable needles and syringes. Both were cleaned and sterilized for reuse and the needles occasionally had to be sharpened. Knowing the military they used those needles until they bounced off the skin before sharpening.
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Sgt. O.
First, thank you.
An added note. I recall my first 3 months of pay. $90 gross/month (perhaps that was net). I believe this moved to $102.50/month with the first rank promotion. 'Course, the food was free, housing was free, transportation was free, clothing was free and free medical/dental; including all 36 immunizations (I still have the record book for these) I received during my service time.
Best Regards,
Catch
Thank you both for your service. I thanked Ted on the other thread.
I cannot remember what my pay was in 1976 but it wasn't much. I also remember those shots too. It was called the firing line in Coast Guard boot camp. Not fun getting injected in both arms.
And remembering those who gave everything they had, and their loved ones: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom." -Abraham Lincoln.