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Commissioned Officer Guard and Reserve Pay

Below is the FY 2004 Base Pay Chart for military commissioned officers in the National Guard and Reserves.

Congress has passed the Fiscal Year 2004 Military Authorization Act (H.R. 1588) and the President has signed it into law. Among other things, the act includes the base pay raise for Fiscal Year 2004.

As with the past five years, the Congress have elected to "target" the pay raise. That means that mid-level officers and mid-level NCOs will receive a larger percentage raise than other paygrades. The average payraise is 4.1 percent with some members receiving as little as 3.7 percent, and others receiving as much as 6.25 percent.

Under language in the current legislation, the payraise will be effective on 1 January 2004, which means military members should see the raise in their January 15th (2004) paychecks.

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

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH OVER 4 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE AS AN ENLISTED MEMBER OR WARRANT OFFICER

Note: Guard/Reserve members are normally credited with 4 days pay for a weekend duty. The above 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.