Yeah, that O-1E over 12 should be a nice step up from E-6. From E-6 to O-3E (4 years) it's over $30K increase in base pay and BAH, but who's counting?
We anchored off Cartagena to refuel twice in 10 days and got hazardous duty pay twice, once for Sept, once for Oct. Wasn't real hazardous in my opinion, since we had a kick-@ss time there on liberty a couple of months earlier. $8 all you can drink, baby!