Thanks you for your choice to serve. As a former attack helicopter pilot, please learn your craft well. YOU are the first line of defense in keeping us in the air, and prevent us from becoming a "lawn dart."x007x wrote:Army. 15R Attack helicopter repairer. Eustis, VA.
I can't answer you question, but I can relate my story circa 1962 just for grins. I arrived at the reception station at Ft. Dix N.J. at 2AM in a howling rain. We were herded into a mess hall for food. The only hot food on the line was SOS and toast. I never saw SOS before in my life (although I love it now). I asked the server what it was. He said, "That's yer chow." Wow, they said we'd get "chow" 3 times a day at the briefing when swearing in, and I thought, "How I am going to eat this "chow," as the man called it, 3 times a day?"
Next morning we got an initial issues of fatigues (no camo then), and a "flying ten." It was $10 cash for the PX to buy necessities. A kings ransom
Of course it was deducted from the first monthly pay check for a PVT E-1 of $78.I wish you the best of luck in your training and service, and I wouldn't worry about the small stuff.
