Some say sardonically that combat pay is good and that one can do quite well out of this war.
有些人讽刺地说战地的薪饷很不错,人们可借这次战争赚到很多钱。
To preserve their noncombatant status under the Geneva Convention, the War Department did not give medics combat pay (ten dollars extra a month) or the right to wear the combat Infantryman Badge.
United States Military Pay is money paid to members in the United States Armed Forces. The amount of pay may vary by the member's rank, time in the military, location duty assignment, and by some special skills the member may have.