Salary at age 18: £16,227
Operational Allowance: (182 days) £2,380.56 (during six month tour of Afghanistan)
Longer Separation Allowance: (182 days) £1,132.04
Other perks including dental care and free eye tests: £510
Financial assistance for learning costs: £2,175
Subsidised living accommodation: £425.83
Estimated annual employers' pension contribution: £3,148.04
Total: £25,998.47
What really grips my sheet about this calculation is that it's based on newly in private getting shot at in the sandpit (for 182 days per year). Is he really making use of his £2175 financial assistance for learning costs out in the Stan? And the subsidised living accommodation? How much does a tent cost per month? They're effectively listing the financial benefits of wartime and peacetime concurrently.