Originally Posted by
orca
Overseas jobs can be a great deal. But you shouldn't pay to do them.
Now imagine you have been posted to Valley, then imagine the financial fecking whammy that goes with that and no LOA to compensate.
Or imagine a posting to Aldergrove for a couple of years and the hit you take when your other half, who is incredibly lucky to get one has to make do with a part time job.
I did my Jag course in 80/81 and there weren't many service wives making a killing in those days either, my brother was an engineer at Kinloss and his wife had to give up her well paid job to move north and join him.
Any berk coming in here and complaining that having VOLUNTEERED for a sunshine tour he/she "suddenly" discovers that the LOA is not enough to cover all the "incedentals" deserves no sympathy at all and any muppet thinking the OP has a point has obviously never left home either
Edited to add 2 overseas tours completed and not sure in either case we actually made on the deal as we were to busy having fun 