| Unfortunately you will have to attend AIT before you go to your permanent party. You'll go as whatever rank you last held on active duty. If your last active duty assignment was Basic Training and you were only an E-1, your not going to like the answer. By the time you graduate your AIT for 74B however, you have the possibilkity of being paid E-2 with 6 years. Your years still count as far as pay, just not as far as active duty. So basically, whatever rank you held when you left basic training will be the rank you'll hold again. You will get the BAS and BAQ i believe for your family, and you'll be able to sign them up for DEERS or whatever (never been married so I dont know all the family benefits) I did the Reserves to regular and this is how it went. Good luck and Godspeed. |