[Cmart]

Hmmm...

I made about $35,000 in seven months in Iraq.

I worked 12-hour shifts, seven days a week. I had a few days off, but I had several days of working 17-hour days too, so I'll call that even.

210 days times 12 hours is 2,520 hours.

Divide my pay by the hours I worked and I was paid $13.90 an hour, straight time, not figuring in any overtime. If this was based on a civilian payscale the hourly would figure to be significantly less.

This is for IT work and comms work. It's significantly low for pay in my field.

...and we get shot at.

I suppose next we'll hear how teachers are overcompensated.