[OldDeckHand]

"No where in my post did I "wax poetic." I was making a statement of fact about my pay back then and did not even comment on whether the new pay scales were for the better."

Sorry, that is the way I read it. I apologize for misinterpreting your comments. I thought you were implying that pay is exorbitant today.

[OldMissileer]

I apologize for being short with you. Too much Caffeine and not enough sleep.

I also did not finish about the tank pressure watching: we were quite concerned about them because the fuel and oxidizer was hypergolic and bolted on top of that Titan II missile was a nine megaton warhead.

As an aside: When I when I earned my Commission my pay as a 2Lt actually lowered about $100 per month from when I was an NCO.