The benefit of choosing reserve status is the ability to further your education and begin working as a civilian right away. Though it might not be the most important part of your decision, the compensation you will receive after enlistment is an aspect that has stark differences, depending on whether you choose to serve as an active-duty member or reservist.
Active-duty service members are often granted basic choice in where they will be stationed after recruit training and military occupational specialty school - called Advanced Individual Training AIT for Army soldiers. Active-duty enlistees can be stationed anywhere within the United States or abroad, depending on the duties and mission of their respective unit. Reserve status members will be stationed near their home and only be subject to international station in the event they are called for active duty.
Leave and liberty are forms of "vacation" for active-duty members. Leave is accrued at a rate of 2. Active-duty members coordinate their leave with their units, and such leave is subject to the approval of the unit's commanding staff. Liberty is any period of time when active-duty members are technically "off from work," such as weekends and holidays where you are absolved from duty unless otherwise instructed. Liberty is commonly available for 24, 48, 72 or 96 hours and comes with restrictions related to the distance members are allowed to travel and corresponding to the length of liberty granted.
The longer the liberty, the farther members can venture away from their duty stations. Reserve members are not subject to normal leave and liberty conditions, as they are only obligated for two days per month and one Field Training Exercise FTX per year.
In the event that reservists are called into active-duty service, their leave and liberty will mirror the requirements and conditions of those normally serving active duty. Active-duty members receive full medical and dental benefits as well as unlimited post exchange and commissary access. Active-duty members may be stationed within the United States or abroad. They can retire with full benefits after 20 years of service.
SrA Rebecca Jaffee. Easily Air National Guard. Tons of money, lots of opportunity. Reserve is strictly federal while the guard is funded by both the state and federal government. A lot of time the reserve runs out of money very quickly and you will not be able to do much more than the minimum requirement of one weekend a month, two weekends a year. Guard generally doesn't have this problem. They get a lot more training in. Vote up. Vote down. Depends on location and willingness to drive if a base is not local.
I am an ANG recruiter. Let me know if you have any specific questions you need answered or your friend can cask me. I'll agree with A1C Jaffee, except in an Army perspective.
Better money, better training better everything. Full time Army seemed to respect the Guard more also. As a reservest we were treated like the Army's leftovers. This is where you will serve "one weekend a month, two weeks a year. For the most part, drills are held once a month on weekends. During your drill, you will be paid for four days of work, five if the drill weekend starts on a Friday.
Some things to consider before you join a unit is to ask about the unit's drill schedule to make sure you can work your civilian job around it. Also be aware, with the downsized military, the Guard and Reserve are contributing more to the duties that once were performed by active-duty units.
So be prepared to deploy. Also, if you are in a job that directly supports an active-duty unit, your drills may not fall into the "one weekend a month" category. Positions in these units drill whenever they are able, sometimes even during the week. This can be a benefit if your civilian job has irregular hours. These are full-time federal civilian employees who are also reservists.
They are also known as "dual-status" and perform the administrative and training duties for the reserve units they serve. What makes them different from AGR personnel is that they do not qualify for active-duty military pensions.
They receive federal employee and retirement benefits and qualify for reserve military pensions. Though this area may not seem pertinent to you as you enter the Reserve or Guard, we will throw it in anyway as something to aim for while you are in the "front leaning rest" position at boot camp.
After all, it's never too early to start planning your retirement. Following a career in active or reserve duty, individuals are placed in what is known as the Retired Reserve while they continue to collect their military pensions and benefits.
Also in this area are "gray area reservists," who are reservists who are eligible for retired pay but have not reached their 60th birthday, to enable them to begin collecting their military pension. To reach the status of Retired Reserve, you must be an active-duty enlisted retiree of the Army or Air Force with more than 20, but less than 30, years of combined active and inactive service.
Once you hit 30 years, you are fully retired. If you are a retired enlisted member of the Navy or Marine Corps with 20, but not 30, years in, you are moved into what is called the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Reserve. So after you've had an exciting and fulfilling career in the service of your country and have reached the year mark, in addition to having an endless supply of stories to impress your family and friends, you will be assigned to one of three categories in the Retired Reserve.
These categories depend on your age, physical fitness and date of retirement from service. If you are not yet 60 years old or disabled, you will be placed in Categories 1 or 2. Which category you are assigned to will depend on your physical condition and how critical your skill is.
Here you still are considered eligible to be mobilized in the event of a national emergency or war. If you are a disabled veteran or over 60 years old, you are still not free from being called back to the colors. However in Category 3, your case is evaluated on an individual basis.
The Standby Reserve are reservists or members of the Guard who maintain their military affiliation but are not members of the Ready Reserve. Normally these reservists are key federal employees, such as senators, congressmen and senior agency officials. They also can be civilians in the defense industry whose employers designate them as crucial to national security. This status allows them to maintain their rank and standing in the reserves while serving the government in other ways.
These reservists voluntarily can participate in training for retirement but receive no pay. They are eligible for promotion, with the exception of promotion to the flag or general officer level. These reservists are not authorized to participate in training for retirement points and cannot be promoted.
Those who elect to be transferred to this status because of hardship or health reasons are allowed to maintain their military status, because they have skills the Reserve might need in the future. It takes an act of Congress to get the Standby Reserve recalled to active duty, and then only when there are not enough Ready Reservists to do the job.
After BMT, you may need to go to technical training, where you will learn about your career field and can even earn college credit toward a degree. If you have previously served in either the active duty Air Force or another branch of the military, your adjusted age must be less than Subtract your years of service from your age. If the result is less than 40, you may be eligible to join the Air Force Reserve.
You can continue your service, and, in many cases, keep your rank. You can also join regardless of the U. All officers in the Air Force Reserve must hold a college degree and be selected to hold a commission.
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