I have an Air Force Contract question?

Question

so far i know that there are:

2 years active duty and 6 years inactive guard
4 years active duty and 4 years inactive guard
6 years active duty and 2 years inactive guard

what are the benefits for each one?

the 2/6 is confusing to me, do you sign to be a reserve for this? or is it active duty?

can i choose any when i enlist?

Answer 1

Actually the 2 year National Call to Service contract.

Is not 2 years active and 6 years inactive.

It is 15 months active duty ( after ) Basic and your Tech School.

Then 2 years in the drilling Air Force Reserve
( you drill 2 days a month and then two weeks a year)

Then the rest in the IRR ( inactive Reserve )

The benefit differences:

2 year - No GI Bill, only limited jobs available.
4 year - GI Bill, any job available.
6 year - Same as 4 year. E-3 after basic training

All three are regular active duty enlistments.

You choose which enlistment period you want, when you enlist.

But, the 2 year enlistment option, is very limited and may not be availiable. Only a small percentage of enlistees are allowed to choose it, less than 1%

Answer 2

Here is the break down from a prior recruiter. The active duty is self explanitory. The inactive guard means that your a part of the reserve force, but you do NOT have to show up for drill weekends. All you have to do is call the reserve center once a year and let them know your contact information just in case we go to WW3 and your needed for your job specialty. As far as the time goes for active duty, it mainly depends on what job your given when you pick your field. The more advanced training you get, the longer you stay active duty. The time spent in Delayed Entry COUNTS twards your inactive guard time, not your active duty time. No, Im sorry, but you do not get paid for the inactive duty or delayed entry time. Nor does it count for pay purposes.

Answer 3

how long you serve on Active duty depends on what job specialty you choose. the longer the training required, the longer your AD commitment.

the AD benefits are the same no matter how long you serve. when in IRR, you can be called up at any time to return to AD.