Originally Posted by
Saint
here's a question, I'm 8 years enlisted, does that factor into the pay scale or is it time since commissioning?
Yes, look at these charts:
http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/mili...PayTable34.pdf
Depending on how many reserve points you have (1460) or if you've been active duty > 4 years, then Note 3 applies, and you would fall under the O-1 (note 3) scale for your time in service (8 years) and your base pay would be $3825/month (instead of about 2,700 or so).