In my experience you’ll be lucky if you get paid at all until you make it to your first duty station and have time to go pester finance to unfuck your shit.
MilitaryJAG on
Even the 15th is 50/50. Finance takes a while to get you in the system. No way you’ll get paid the 1st unless transitioning from enlisted.
KCPilot17 on
Likely the 1st of the following month.
subNeuticle on
Take it from a 2013 OCS grad…idk if they do what was called the “ensign loan” anymore when you commission, but if they do, then by all means take advantage.
IIRC they basically lend you 25k at 0% interest and it just has to be paid back within 3y.
I was a dummy and didn’t take the loans because I said to myself “why do I need to take a loan? I have no bills”
Well, the answer is because it’s literally free money. Take that loan and go put it something safe like USFR and enjoy your 5% annual return for three years and then just pay it off at the end. You’ll make about 4k with little-to-no risk.
AFmoneyguy on
I would say 90% chance neither of those dates.
Probably 6-8 weeks before you see your first paycheck with back pay. Military is notorious for being slow to get you on payroll.
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In my experience you’ll be lucky if you get paid at all until you make it to your first duty station and have time to go pester finance to unfuck your shit.
Even the 15th is 50/50. Finance takes a while to get you in the system. No way you’ll get paid the 1st unless transitioning from enlisted.
Likely the 1st of the following month.
Take it from a 2013 OCS grad…idk if they do what was called the “ensign loan” anymore when you commission, but if they do, then by all means take advantage.
IIRC they basically lend you 25k at 0% interest and it just has to be paid back within 3y.
I was a dummy and didn’t take the loans because I said to myself “why do I need to take a loan? I have no bills”
Well, the answer is because it’s literally free money. Take that loan and go put it something safe like USFR and enjoy your 5% annual return for three years and then just pay it off at the end. You’ll make about 4k with little-to-no risk.
I would say 90% chance neither of those dates.
Probably 6-8 weeks before you see your first paycheck with back pay. Military is notorious for being slow to get you on payroll.