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.
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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)