Scuttled, sadly you are being sniped at by those who remember overseas tours (esp RAFG) as places where you had cheap beer and petrol, hardly touched your main wage and brought back a new Merc or BMW every tour.
I suspect you are in Cyprus where the cost of living has gone through the roof since they joined the Euro and where jobs for wives are like rocking horse sh*t. You should not be financially disadvantaged by your posting, no matter where it is.
Oh and if people want to bitch about the sandpit dets, try asking why Australian troops get a 30K Aus dollar operational bonus after every one and we don't!