Originally Posted by filasian04
Is it unethical to join the AF when the recruiter has been working so hard to get me in the USAR? I'd much rather go where I'll be a rank higher.
Is the benefit package for Air Force Reserves similar to Army? I'm supposed to get $1235/month stipend + drill pay (for going to school and doing clinicals) + the $50,000 loan repayment and attached to the NAD (and not get pulled out of CRNA school until I graduate to go to war). What sort of benefits did you get?
In the AF Reserves, do you automatically get promoted to 0-3 (CPT) right after graduation/CRNA certification?
Thanks in advance.
Pay is the same in ALL MILITARY BRANCHES. From E1-E9 or O1-O10, doesn't matter if your AF, Army, Marine, CG, Navy, you get the same pay for your rank, so a Captain in the AF gets the same as a Captain in the Army so on so forth. When you finish the CRNA school doesn't matter what branch you come out a CPT. BTW for those AF people CRNA school and training is conducted and run by the ARMY. That is why Army nurses have MORE slots than any other branch because they run the program. So in class there will be mostly Army nurses, than Navy or AF nurses. Bonuses and incentives depend on when you recruited your MOS (military occupation specialty) and when you sign up. So if in March you get a bonus for 25, 000 that doesn't mean the next month someone else can get the same bonus they can get MORE or LESS than you, it really depends on when you sign your contract and what you have done in the civilian world (like more time as a nurse). So don't be mad if someone in class who is the SAME BRANCH gets a higher bonus than you, it just depends on when you sign up. This happens to enlisted soldiers also.
FYI just for those who are wondering about promotion once in the military. Army gets promoted FASTER than the Air Force. The Air Force promotes their personnel less than any other branch. Lets just say a buddy of yours signs up for Army and you sign up for AF, you sign up at the same time. You both come out of school as CPT, but then 2 years later your still a CPT and she's now CPT-P (which means promotable), now 6mths later shes a Major getting paid more than you are and you both have the same time of service and you get promoted 2-3yrs after she gets her Major, after 4-5yrs of her being a Major she is going to soon be promotable and you have only been a Major for a year or two. It sucks for those AF people but Army gets promoted faster and they have MUCH easier promotions. In the Army you get promoted based on points and going to the board then getting promoted. In the AF, they test you (book type test), and go to the board and have to wait till slots are open. The Army has slots to but they process them MUCH faster. So money wise and promotion wise you can make more in the Army because the promotion turnover is WAY faster than the AF.
Being Active Duty, you get promoted faster than Reserve to so remember that. But being in the Army you WILL get deployed (but you get deployment pay). A lot of people come back from deployment (mostly single people) with 15,000-25K saved up in the bank. You can and will make money being deployed, but AF doesn't deploy a lot and they do not stay deployed more than a year, they usually deploy just for 6mths. So think about that if you have a family, if you don't mind being deployed and getting promoted faster than join the Army. But if you do mind then don't!!! Join the AF, if you have family and DO NOT want to be deployed.
If you have any other questions PM me I might be late answering them since this Sunday I am leaving on my deployment but will answer them with my laptop, will take a couple of weeks to get the answer though. BTW I am in the Army
Heres the military pay chart its in ADOBE:
http://www.dfas.mil/money/milpay/pay/
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