$7,000:
...a Marine sniper who saw action in Fallujah in 2004, returned to Iraq in July 2006 after growing bored with his civilian life selling swimming pools to California suburbanites.Baker/Columbian
He planned to re-enlist, but he got a more lucrative offer: $7,000 a month to haul supplies in convoys for Crescent Security Group. He figured he’d have an adventure, help the Iraqi people and build a nest egg to buy a house and marry his fiancĂ©e
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He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2001, served two combat tours in Iraq as a scout and a sniper without injury, and fought in the 2004 assault on Fallujah.-
Discharged from the Marine Corps in 2005 with the rank of corporal, the chiseled-jaw Munns returned home to Shasta County
Enlisted Basic Pay Rates
January 1, 2008 Monthly Military Pay for Enlisted
4 Years of Service
E-7/corporal
$2047.80