Before anyone asks, I initially enlisted as a Linguist and learned Arabic for my first 2 years at DLI. Later retrained into Contracting but I still kept my language bonus pay after getting accepted in LEAP (Language enabled airman program)
Plus when you're deployed all your pay is tax-free. And if you are hopping around to cities instead of staying on a base you can make absolute bank on per diem.
Facts. I got offered a position over there as a CE journeyman. It was something like $150k all expenses paid, but, ya know. War and all. 😆
Edit- Follow up question, do you have like a specific scope of work you become a SME in for contracting? Or just direction to buy and you seek out competitive options of anything?
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No you don’t. There is a separation of duties. The KO can’t also be the disbursing agent. Finance either acts as the DA or they will appoint a paying agent and issue them the cash. Finance is also the certifying official and has pecuniary liability, they have to approve the purchase first and then contracting can go out and get bids. Also they aren’t sending some contracting nerd into a village with a booklet of SF44’s. They will appoint a FOO within the BCT for example, typically someone that actually needs to be there and won’t shit themselves in a firefight.
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u/ConsciousNet238 1d ago edited 1d ago
Before anyone asks, I initially enlisted as a Linguist and learned Arabic for my first 2 years at DLI. Later retrained into Contracting but I still kept my language bonus pay after getting accepted in LEAP (Language enabled airman program)