exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
This is correct, it is not an NRD decision, push the issue.Show them your contract. You go to e-5 paygrade immediately at graduation. Your recruiting office isn't in a position to make a decision about whether or not to give you that money. I don't have any advice as to what to do, but you are in the right.
Prior enlisted do not take a pay cut to go to OCS, they maintain the paygrade while at OCS, though I guess they do give up the rank.
I have put several reservist in, they go at their current enlisted paygrade, it takes a few phone calls to get it all straightened out but easy enough.