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hey! i was just wondering if you knew the average salary range for a coast guard reservist?
Hi Vanessa,
Regardless of service, (whether Coast Guard, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, etc.), military reservists pull duty for one weekend per month, plus two weeks per year, unless they are called to full-time active duty.
Military people receive pay, based on their rank, and their years of military service. You can view Military Basic Pay Charts at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/2007paycharts/a/2007basicpay.htm
Now, these charts show *monthly* military basic pay. For Guard and Reserve pay, you take the monthly pay rate for the rank and time in service of the individual, and divide it by 30 to get the daily pay.
Members of the National Guard and Reserves are paid four days worth of pay for each drill weekend. In most cases, members of the Guard and Reserve drill for one weekend per month. They are also paid 14 days worth of pay for each two-weeks of annual training.
Of course, during periods when they are recalled to full-time active duty, they receive full pay.
I'll leave the math up to the student <grin>.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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