Posted on Aug 28, 2019
What was the cadet stipend rate when you went through ROTC?
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$150/month. I was in ROTC from 1988-1992. Fairly sure the rate was uniform across Juniors and Seniors but I can't be sure. If you were an SMP Cadet you got the E5 BAH rate as well. I think, even when accounting for inflation over the years, the current rate is slightly more generous.
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The stipend is certainly more generous. BAH added on would significantly impact the total though. Thank you sir!
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COL Jason Woodford
The E5 pay may have been drill pay, vice "BAH" pay. Probably mixed those up. Been a while...
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Oh and I was commissioned Army Infantry but switched to the Air Force Security Forces after 15 years. Good times
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I was commissioned in 1983 from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ROTC program where I was a SMP cadet. I believe the stipend was $140 per month.
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COL David Turk
I lived a few blocks from that school in the late 50’s early 60’s. Went to the elementary school on the far corner (Hartford). There was a Woman’s college on the other far corner.
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I contracted in 2000. I want to say it was $300 for AS300's and $400 for AS400's and anyone in a STEM program allowed to be in the 700 club.
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in 2011 it was $400/mo for seniors. At least for the Navy, anyway. I think it was $250/mo for juniors, $200/mo for sophomores, and $100/mo for freshmen? Something like that. It wasn't much.
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In 1968-69 it was $110/month; only for scholarship students. That was a big deal then. Minimum wage was $0.90/hr. I was thrilled I made $1.25/hr at my part time job.
2d Lt (Join to see), your current rate is more than my basic pay when I was commissioned in 1969!
2d Lt (Join to see), your current rate is more than my basic pay when I was commissioned in 1969!
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That is accurate and I comissioned in 2018. I am also in the Army so I am unsure if that would make much of a difference
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Lt Col Brett Meyer
I remember it was the same amount every year. It did not change 2d Lt (Join to see)
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Lt Col Brett Meyer
2d Lt (Join to see) - No issue. I wish it had been more as I always needed beer money!
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$100.00 (1983-86) It was $100.00 for quite a long time, and then finally went to $150.00 I think when I was an APMS in the mid-1990s. Then, sometime after that when I was back as a PMS, it changed to the "graduated scale" like you are on now.
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1971-1974 $100 for all scholarship students and non scholarship Jr- Sr students.
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If I recall rite, 1979-1982, $35/month. I hope they're not complaining about it now!!...
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