Benjamin
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coylh said:What's the yearly pay?
http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourcesContent/0,13964,49020,00.html
coylh said:What's the yearly pay?
tweek888 said:I wasn't saying I wouldn't serve combat but it isn't my first choice either.
I was looking into Chemical Operations Specialist(or something fabrication/chemistry/physics related), after serving would go to college and do the extra three years.
chris in va said:I was enlisted in the Air Force from 92-96.
Bottom line, if you have to wait for what you want, so be it. You can reserve a career field.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure they are all 8 year contracts.
chopinbloc said:sorry, had a brain fart. yes, they're eight years. whether you are regular army, army reserve or army guard, the active portion is when you actually go do stuff. for regular army that means a full time job, for reserve and guard it's the one weekend a month, two weeks a year shuffle. after your active time - say the average four years - is up you go on inactive ready reserve (IRR) this is where you have already outprocessed, you've turned in all your gear, you never go to work or drill but you can be called back at any time. in today's world you can almost guarantee that you will be stop lossed before you get out or you will be called back from IRR status.
coylh said:Thanks Benjamin. Do I interpret this correctly as a starting salary of 1235.10 per month at the lowest rank, (unless you're an officer who would start at 2343.60)?
It looks like an E-5 will make about 26k a year (before federal income taxes) after 8 years in the army. Is this a typical rank after that much time?
coylh said:Thanks Benjamin. Do I interpret this correctly as a starting salary of 1235.10 per month at the lowest rank, (unless you're an officer who would start at 2343.60)?
It looks like an E-5 will make about 26k a year (before federal income taxes) after 8 years in the army. Is this a typical rank after that much time?
Per my read, an E-1 gets slightly less than that for the first few months, then bump up to 1,235.10, for a grand total of US $14,451.60 before taxes, without any particular signing bonus or extra pay (combat, flight, language, hazardous duty, etc).
IRR = Individual Ready Reserve
Wow. That's less than minimum wage here.