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PJ81
FS SNA
Haha, thanks....I suppose I should mention I found this, not that it means anything to me....
Afterburner209
Good muster guys.
In BDCP you are paid at E-5 after graduation and before OCS but your rank is is considered OCSN. I would imagine your rank would be the same for straight OCS just without a pay grade until you get there. I do also know you will be paid as a E-5 while at OCS.
However, I know next to nothing. This is just what i've learned from reading.
However, I know next to nothing. This is just what i've learned from reading.
The "rank" OCSN becomes OCPO2 upon graduation in the BDCP program.
You're just putting OC for Officer Candidate in front of the rank that corresponds with your paygrade.
Afterburner209
Good muster guys.
Didn't know that thanks. That makes alot more sense.
You are an inactive reservist.
Technically, you'd abbreviate that OC2, though I'm not sure OC is a real rate.
PJ81
FS SNA
Thanks....this is exactly what I was looking for. Makes a lot more sense now. I was just wondering how you'd be in the military without adding time in service, getting paid or accruing leave.
I think technically this is accurate, although you're not "really" in any sort of service, because your date of entry into service is the day you report to OCS. I was BDCP and not OCS, so I can't be certain, but I believe the OCS guys don't start time in service until OCS and therefore can't get IDs, can't use military privileges etc until OCS.
Thisguy
Pain-in-the-dick
I did OCS without BDCP, and you're considered active duty from the day you leave home to go to OCS. So going from CA to RI will get you a couple extra days pay than say, someone going from CT.
They don't actually figure this from the day you literally left for OCS, rather they count back travel days allowed from your OCS start date...so if you Fly from CA, your pay entry date will be later than if you drove. Make sense? No? Good.
Ya, I'm tracking now. Thanks. I can now answer a buddy's question who is headed to OCS. Either way, you're time in service doesn't start until you're at OCS (from a practical standpoint), it just gets "backdated" once you're there. So for all intents and purposes, you can't take advantage of any active duty benefits until at OCS?
Does the question make any sense? No? Good.
Thisguy
Pain-in-the-dick
Correct (less is more).
Read a contract. You enlist in the Naval Reserve in an inactive status.
The rest of the stuff you've mentioned is all admin stuff spelled out in various laws, regulations and instructions.
BTW, while you do not accure any time in service, I believe your PEBD (pay entry base date) is the day you sign your OCS contract / enlist in the reserves (it was in my day) which means you get the pay bumps quicker.