Posted on Mar 2, 2021
1LT Environmental Science Officer
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I am Navy reserve going Active Duty Army. What documentation is needed to request "e" pay when commissioned? My goal is to have my documentation from the Navy BEFORE losing access to the Navy website/Navy record. Right now I have my DD 214's and my ARPR/ASHOSH point sheet.
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They will use a DA form 1506. I used it when I transitioned. As stated it is your active duty points that will get you the E status. I am an O-3E for my prior service when I was enlisted. You need four years of active service. Four reserve years will not qualify you.

https://recruiting.army.mil/Portals/15/DA%201506.pdf?ver=2019-02-14-150356-400
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1LT Environmental Science Officer
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What makes up active duty points? active duty can be ADT/ADSW/mobilizations.. some ADT can be 5 days long... Does annual training county I ask because on my point sheet it falls under ADT / AT column ... ADT is a form of active duty like ADOS/ADSW/et cetera.

The guidance doesn't really spell it out like that
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CPT Staff Officer
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1LT (Join to see) - Points and years have already been mentioned.

Now......... on the UPSIDE, you will top out the salary tiers for each grade by TIME IN SERVICE alone, you just wont get to go above it with "E". You'll probably catch up at CPT, so it mostly only impacts your LT years.

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I was 90 points short myself. So I'm sensitive to the topic.
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1LT Environmental Science Officer
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CPT (Join to see) - well, I've noticed when it comes to "government" regulations there are a lot of people that don't understand the regulation or aren't aware of the specifics and a "no" response is much easier to give than the right answer or justification on why a SM wouldn't qualify. Either way I'm currently on ADT orders , so a day for a day type deal and it MAY get be to the 1461 mark before the commissioning in June. Here's to hoping.
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unless things have changed, you must have served 4 years active service enlisted in order to qualify for "e" pay. most of your time in the reserves will not count towards "e" pay.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
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E-Grade is based on ACTIVE years. More specifically, you must have a minimum of 4 Active years to qualify for E-grades. Reserve years and Active years do not equate on a 1/1 ratio.


DoD Financial Management Regulation Volume 7A, Chapter 1

Creditable Prior Enlisted Service.
Commissioned officers in pay grades O-1, O-2, or O-3 who are credited with over 4 years (i.e., at least 4 years and 1 day) of prior active service as an enlisted member are entitled to the special rate of basic pay for pay grade O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E.
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1LT Environmental Science Officer
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Does AT count as Active time? There have made changes as of May 2020...and some reservist HAVE received E-grade pay based on a mix of their time in. It's a little more of a gray area than your copy/pasted paragraph
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SFC Michael Hasbun
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1LT (Join to see) - You need to know how many retirement points you've received thus far to do your conversion. Reserve service is “converted” to active service by dividing retirement points by 360.

Example: 7200 points divided by 360 = 20 years of active duty service

https://militarypay.defense.gov/Pay/Retirement/Reserve.aspx
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1LT Environmental Science Officer
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SFC Michael Hasbun I'm at 3.77 and still counting
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SSG Paul Headlee
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Good answer!
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