fozyspilgrims

Oh yeah forgot free med and dental i am getting a wisdom tooth out on wednesday!!

fozyspilgrims

Pension is the main one but defo 10-12 easy. Depending on circumstances could be alot more if i think about. But 10-12 is generally what is thought.

Five-O

33k seems a lot for someone in the army, what rank are you mate? thats certainly not a lance jack or corporals pay surely? :confused:

and could explain the pension scheme? it sounds to me like you've been in a while, Id be suprised if they were offering salaries like that to new squaddies and a non contributery pension sheme. My mate left the Marines (I know thats the navy) cos the pay was sh1te never earned anywhere near that, even when in Iraq for 9 months.

If your based in Germany im assuming your either an officer on that pay or in a tank regiment or something?

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fozyspilgrims

I have been in for 12 years and i am a Sergeant, and a good guess with Tanks i am a Tank Commander.

With regards to new entrants i am in a good position to answer that as i am in recruiting.

New recruits get paid around 13k a year whilst they are in training, the length of training depends on the job it could be anything from 28 weeks to 18 months for a technical job. Those who get a technical job will generally jump straight to LCpl wage after training though. On completion of training a new entrant would then go to 17k and then get 2 pay rises a year plus promotion depending on performance.

fozyspilgrims

There are only 2 pay bands in the Army so tank soldiers get paid the same as infantry (in most ranks) and alot of other jobs.

paulo

when i was called station officer i was worth 36k now as watch manager im worth 33.5k good eh

Chris4Pez

fozy can you be in the army and still bodybuild properly?

fozyspilgrims

This won't be 100% but i will try and keep it short and simple. Whilst in the Army you never pay a penny into a pension like i said its non contribrituary. You qualify for your half pension on 12 years which is quite small, you will only get about 8-10k when you leave and a pension when you turn 55. The full pension is when you do 22 years, and this depends on what rank you get. As an example when you leave on your 22 year point you will get around 50k golden hand shake followed by £800 per month until you turn 55 (generally 15 years) and then that will go up to £1500 per month till the day you die.

Typically for those that join at 16 -18 years old you will reach your 22 year point when you are 40 years old, so still young enough to start a second career depending on motivation.

Bare in mind though this is just a rough guide there are alot of factors like age on enlistment and what rank you achieve, and 22 years isn't the max now you can extend past that.

Chris4Pez

Kezz

i think there was only 1 40k er when i wrote it, lol

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fozyspilgrims

It depends on your job really and how busy you are obviously drugs are a non starter as we get randomly tested. I did weight training about 5 years ago for a few months but when i deployed to Kosovo we were really busy so i never kept it up as it really demotivates you when you spend months getting to a certain standard and can't train for a while and go back to square one. Some tours the only entertainment is the gym for 6 months so you can really commit to it.

But to answer your question Yes you can. I have a 9-5 desk job at the moment so i can go to the gym during working hours, good to break up the day!!! When your traveling around and busy it can be hard but its down to your own motivation i suppose like in any other job.

Five-O

Cheers for explaining that mate, I appreciate it, learn sumat new everyday.

It doesn't sound too bad at all in all honesty.

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GYMBABE

guys remember this

work to live not live to work

As the only female pt in my gym and mum of 1 i am blessed that i only work 2 full days a week and 2 evenings for about 3 hours and i earn over the average national wage £30+ - you are in charge of your destiny so make it work for you rather than sitting back and waiting for things to fall into your lap

Z x

linkbailey

min £22400 any thing up to about 35000, painter and decorator, depends where i work and if im on price

bb the great

tax evading student bum - about 4000 a year all of which will need to be paid back at some point!