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Originally Posted by Wraith601
I'll actually be all right money wise as I'm single and have no children and my Bachelors Degree will automatically "promote" me to E-4, which is about a $400 a month pay raise plus I'm hoping for jump pay and I should a decent bonus but I'm not in it for the money, I'm pretty sure I can find a higher paying job elsewhere, but this is what I think I should be doing in life.
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It may have changed in 20 years, it may be that jump pay is different than hazardous duty pay BUT .......
.........I got hazardous duty pay for working the flight (helo) deck, was in charge of it for years. We only got that pay in a month when a helo actually touched down, NOT VERTREP, and then touched down so many times that month. It was something of bargaining and begging to see that all members of the flight deck crew got that money. It was also something like I would come off the bridge from a night watch, pick up my breakfest on a plate, and eat it on my way back to the flight deck for morning flight quarters.
The point is that back then, one didn't get the pay because they were qualified in something, one got the pay only if they did it that month and then, under certain conditions.
If you are depending on that pay, I'd check into it when you will get it.
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("How the shot man sees the receiving unrep ship."--Cartoon showing all the white inflatable vest (flightdeck) wearers (usually officers as safety observers) with score numbers., (w,stte), cartoon in the Navy Times)