All Servicemen and women will see their basic pay go up by 2.6%, and X-Factor pay will go up from 13 to 14 per cent, Defence Secretary Des Browne, announced today, 7 February 2008. Read It Here
(RG) They still deserve more but this is a start. Compared to what some senile Judges and MP`s get paid this is a drop in the ocean, remember these people like the police cannot go on strike and are protecting all of us.
© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.
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The idea is right the amount is wrong. Any rise in service personnel's pay is good and well deserved, but as one soldier from the Anglian regiment said he gets a grand a month!! For those who dont know it wont shock you that much, for those who do know, it wont shock you either as we have been there and bought (well saved over a few weeks) the t shirt.
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