My husband is active duty NAVY and he is up for shore duty. His job was overmanned so they made him wait to re-enlist. Now we are being relocated to Tallahassee, Florida to a reservist base. What exactly does this mean? Do we lose our benefits? What about BAH? I know there is no base housing there and we only have 2 months to find a home in a state that is 12 hours away. Anyone familiar with a situation like this?
2007-12-22 15:46:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Both above answers are incorrect. You need not worry. You will still have all of your benifits, and probably even a little extra pay for cost of living. Your husband is not becoming an active reservist, he is just going to be stationed at a reserve base. An active reservist is someone that is in the reserves, but is working and being paid full time. Their job is to be a link between the active duty and reserve component in case of activation. Every reserve base has a small number of regular active duty personnel such as your husband that keep the day to day operations going. You will enjoy this duty, because it is "far from the flagpole". Good luck.
2007-12-22 16:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every Reserve Unit has full time people. Most are GSA during the week. Some are active Army,Navy etc. The Reserve Unit I was in had an active Army Supply Sergeant.
I can only guess from your description, but....If the Navy is sending him on a PCS he is active Navy. If he is an "active" Reservist that means he belongs to a unit and does weekend Drill. Non-active Reserve is the IRR, they do not Drill.
SSG US Army 73-82 Active Duty and Active Reserve
2007-12-22 16:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGR is Active Guard and Reserve. These are specific members of the Guard or the Reserve that perform all the missions of an Active duty member of the Military. They are assigned and paid by the the appropriate Component (Guard or Reserve) yet have ALL the same benifits of an Active Duty Member.
Frank T. has also mentioned that your husband could be on a special assignment that has a limited period (usually 3 years) assignment to a Guard or Reserve unit as an active duty member. As he said, any active duty member given this opportunity is concidered to have a special assignment to reserve components to increase their potential for readiness. He was individually selected and should feel very good about the special assignment.
2007-12-22 16:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by rance42 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A reservist called to active duty
2007-12-22 15:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by 1st Buzie 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's not a reservist called to active duty moron... it's someone who gets stationed at a reserve base...yes you will still have all of your benefits except maybe the nex and commissary...instead of going to the base hospital or medical clinic you will go to a civilian doctor..
2007-12-22 16:03:34 · answer #5 · answered by Scott S 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋