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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Internet VFW > RESOURCE- GiP Quick Questions Thread- Stay On Topic
 
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Booger Presley
Aug 6, 2008

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sharkbomb posted:

Foreign Language Proficiency Pay--

I am deploying to Afghanistan in about a year. For the last 4 months I've been self-studying Pashto because I tend do random poo poo like that. If I was somehow able to pass a proficiency test before deploying, would I be eligible for Foreign Language Proficiency Pay even though I'm not in a linguist's billet? (I'm a corpsman)

Yes.

The long answer is more complex than yes/no. You must pass at an acceptable level on the DPLT, have an MOS that needs the language, and/or have a critical language. (Pasto is.)

The amount of pay you get is determined by all of these factors and probably a few more I don't know of. I pulled a 2/2/1+ in Chinese which gave me some extra cash while I was deployed as a non-linguist. I didn't get the max amount since I am not a linguist and not in the right AO.

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