US Army Pfc. Jacob Paxson and Pfc. Antonio Espiricueta, both from Company B ("Death Dealers"), 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, on a foot patrol in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq. Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock/US Air Force
Business Insider/We Are The Mighty: Here's how much US troops were paid in every American war
Think it's hard making it month to month in the barracks on just an E-1 pay? Well, the recruits who won America's earlier wars had to make ends meet with much, much less to draw on.
See how much troops made in each conflict, both in their own currency and adjusted for inflation:
Author's note: The pay structure changed over time. From the Korean War to today, military pay has been relatively consistent across the services and the numbers listed in entries 8-11 reflect the financial realities of an E-1 enlisted servicemember. For earlier conflicts, pay was calculated using the salary of a first-year Army private or a junior infantryman.
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WNU Editor: It is obvious that in some of these conflicts .... people did not join for the money.
