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2008 Guard and Reserve Drill Pay

Enlisted Members

By Rod Powers, About.com

Dec 6 2007

The below chart depicts the monthly drill pay for members of the National Guard and Reserves for the calendar year of 2008.

In addition to one weekend of drill per month, members of the Reserves must perform a minimum of 14 days of active duty training per year. Members of the National Guard are required to perform 15 days of training per year.

Note: Guard/Reserve members are normally credited with 4 days pay for a weekend duty. The below chart shows the monthy base pay, based upon the normal requirements of one weekend per month.

When performing active duty other than weekend drills, Guard/Reserve members receive 1/30th of monthly active duty pay for each day served on active duty.

The chart below includes a 3.5 percent pay raise, effective on January 1, 2008. The rates have been rounded to the nearest dollar.

Military base pay is based upon grade (rank) and years of service:

Enlisted Drill Pay

Grade <2 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
E-9 - - - - - - 566 580 596 615 634 664 691 718 760
E-8 - - - - - 464 484 497 512 529 559 573 599 614 649
E-7 322 352 365 383 397 421 435 448 472 484 496 502 526 541 580
E-6 278 306 320 333 348 378 390 404 415 419 422 422 422 422 422
E-5 256 272 285 299 320 338 352 356 356 356 356 356 356 356 356
E-4 234 246 260 272 284 284 284 284 284 284 284 284 284 284 284
E-3 211 225 238 238 238 238 238 238 238 238 238 238 238 238 238
E-2 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201
E-1 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179 179
E-1 < 4 months 166

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