Were you a working adult in 1971?

[ignerntbend]

We’re the same age, but I’ll answer my own question.
Both of us.

 

[John6185]

Here's a question for you guys that were in military finance: A finance guy once said that if he had it in for someone he could take $100 out of their pay for a charity associated with United Fund and then increase their pay by $100. By the time the payee's finance records were audited and found out that he'd been overpaid he'd owe a few thousand to Uncle Sam. This was before computers and everything was hand-written and posted. Any truth to this supposed rumor?

 

[skyhawk1]

Just got out of high school and was working full time in commercial construction, had worked for the company for several years during summers. Also owned a business with my older brother sharpening saws for contractors, had done that since I was 10.

 

[RickN]

Which one of us is growing senile? You were only 14 or 15 in 1971.

Wrong doggie breath. I was 16 and talking with the recruiter. Taking the test, etc. Plus working as an electrician apprentice.

That is what my records show anyway. I think. Damn I need more than 3 hours sleep a night.

 

[ignerntbend]

Wrong doggie breath. I was 16 and talking with the recruiter. Taking the test, etc. Plus working as an electrician apprentice.

That is what my records show anyway. I think. Damn I need more than 3 hours sleep a night.

 

[ignerntbend]

Memories. Like the shadows of our minds. LOL. I was thinking about joining the Marine Corps in 1971.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Here's a question for you guys that were in military finance: A finance guy once said that if he had it in for someone he could take $100 out of their pay for a charity associated with United Fund and then increase their pay by $100. By the time the payee's finance records were audited and found out that he'd been overpaid he'd owe a few thousand to Uncle Sam. This was before computers and everything was hand-written and posted. Any truth to this supposed rumor?

I don't remember anything like that, but as we all know, where there is a will, there is a way. There isn't much that cannot be violated.

 

[aarondhgraham]

I don't know if I was an adult back then,,,
But I was a 19 year old Airman First Class,,,
Stationed at Hahn Air Force Base in Germany.

BTW, my base pay at that time was $180.60 a month.
I made more than that working fast food at 14 years of age.

Aarond

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[druryj]

I don't know if I was an adult back then,,,
But I was a 19 year old Airman First Class,,,
Stationed at Hahn Air Force Base in Germany.

BTW, my base pay at that time was $180.60 a month.
I made more than that working fast food at 14 years of age.

Aarond

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Dang! My base pay back in 1971 was $134.40 - I sometimes spend more than that on dinner and a drink or two now. Of course gas was like .37 cents a gallon too...

 

[saltydog]

Lemme see...1971...oh yeah, I was getting drafted, so I showed 'em, I showed 'em good! I enlisted in the Martine Corps on October 1st with no guarantee and less than 2 weeks later, I was pushin' dirt up and down in boot camp. I was working, that's for sure, but I was by no means, an "adult" yet.

I was was a few months ahead of you at MCRD Communication school