Meanings
- uncountableAdditional remuneration provided to a member of a military service when he or she is assigned to combat operations.
Both bills provide for a new cold war hostile fire pay, similar to wartime combat pay.
1963 August 7, “Now It's Up To House: All Senators OK Fatter Service Pay Checks Oct. 1”, in Spartanburg Herald Journal, USA, retrieved 14 Oct 20132 more examples
[H]e testifed that he had received three battle stars as a member of the combat unit and had received combat pay.
1987 June 3, Wayne King, “Two in evangelist's libel suit cite Congressional privilege”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Oct 2013As well as receiving the best basic pay, the Canadian soldier gets £990 a month combat pay, more than five times the British private's allowance of £180.
2006 October 2, Richard Pendlebury, “Our poor bloody infantry”, in Daily Mail, UK, retrieved 14 Oct 2013
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