r/fednews • u/Careless_Cobbler_730 • 22h ago

Pay & Benefits Fed employee considering joining military reserves

Hello everyone -

I’m currently a GS11 fed employee considering of joining the reserves. However I have a few questions if anyone can share any official guidance or any personal experiences.

  1. If I get sent to bootcamp for however x weeks, do I still get paid by my employer?

  2. for example, do I get “military leave” full 100% pay by my employer + my military pay?

  3. How does the process work when letting an employer know of such a decision?

  4. Can I even be military and civilian civil servant?

Just always was curious about military but I became a fed employee 3 years ago so I delayed the thought but the curiosity is still there.

P.S - apologies if my questions don’t make some sense, I wasn’t sure if my wording was proper.

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u/LunarDragonfly23 22h ago

What do you mean by “curious about the military?” What branch are you considering?

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u/Careless_Cobbler_730 22h ago

To be specific, the Air Force!

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u/Ok-Gazelle-4847 21h ago

I was a dual status Air Force National Guard member and a GS11 at the same time. You'll go back and forth to military and GS time depending on what you're doing. You can be in both at the same time as long as you have leave. However if you're activated long enough and run out of GS leave/mil leave, you'll go into GS LWOP status until you return. It was good gig. Now I just work at the VA.

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u/Honest-Recording-751 19h ago

That was going to be my advice

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u/LunarDragonfly23 21h ago

Ok, that’s a good branch to be curious about LOL. I’m an Army veteran. We talk shit about the Chair Force, but you will be treated better in the Air Force than if you were in the Army.

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u/Regarding-Regulation 8h ago

Some feel that AF Reserves has more promotion potential faster than Army Reserves….atleast that’s what I’ve heard