Comment Re:Define "Winning" (Score 0) 1211
http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/militarypaytables/2008MilitaryPayCharts35.pdf
This table includes the monthly base pay for all pay grades, as well as any incentive pay.
Single soldiers deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan, they would receive Hazardous Duty pay: $150 and Hostile Fire Pay: $225 for all pay grades
Married Soldiers would also receive Family separation allowance of $250 for all pay grades
So, for an Private E-2 with less than 2 years of service, that's quite a bonus over his monthly base of $1,509, but not even close to 3x his base pay.
For a Major 0-4, with over 12 years of service, it's a drop in the bucket of his base pay of $6,088