Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
That was a nice story. Too bad it is fluffed. And yeah the dress blues are expensive. It's pretty crazy those men have to buy all that stuff and are expected to live off their wages.
Ryan, enlisted service members get several different types of uniform allowances. Today's rate for initial allowance for Marines is $1,823.51. I'm not sure that subsequent allowances cover knife damage, though.