Army Reserve pay chart: what does 1 Drill or 4 Drills mean?

CPT Aaron Kletzing, MUTA (or Drill as it used to be called) stands for Multiple Unit Training Assembly. A standard two day Reserve weekend is a four day pay system. We are required to sign a roster of attendance. So, for a two day Reserve weekend, we sign four lines. Each line "represents" 1 given day of pay on AD. So, based on this chart, the 1 Drill and 4 Drill would stand for 1 day of AD pay or 4 Days of AD pay respectively.

1 Drill is equal to a 4 hour period of training. Each day of Battle Assembly is considered 8 hours of training. 4 Drills is the pay for a typical MUTA 4 BA (2 days).

Each UTA (Unit Training Assembly) also counts as a day of Active Duty for retirement. As stated by others, a usual Drill Weekend is a MUTA 4. (Sat & Sun) Sometimes Units have a MUTA 5, where the unit assembles on a Friday night and work until Sunday night. The rules are frigging crazy. The two UTA's performed on a single day have to be equal in duration. No matter what happens, people cannot be forced to stay late in the day. Factors like Chow also come into play.

A related topic is "drilling for Points". Training meetings and other things can be done where the Soldier receives no pay but gets credited with a single UTA, Basically one day of Active Duty for working just 4 hours. All those points add up each year and when it's time to retire, they count up your points to determine your Pension.