Payment of the full rate of special and incentive pays to members of the reserve components / James V. Marrone, Michael G. Mattock, Beth J. Asch, Hannah Acheson Field.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marrone, James V., author.

Mattock, Michael G., 1961- author.

Asch, Beth J., author.

Acheson-Field, Hannah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incentive awards--United States.

Incentive awards.

Armed Forces--Reserves--Pay, allowances, etc.

United States--Armed Forces--Reserves--Pay, allowances, etc.

United States.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2022

Summary:

Military service members are paid special and incentive (S&I) pays, such as hazardous duty incentive pay and aviation incentive pay, on a prorated basis in proportion to the amount of basic pay they receive in a month. Some observers argue that part-time reserve component (RC) members should be paid at the same full monthly rate as typical active component (AC) members, since RC members are required to undergo the same training as AC members, and the standards RC members must meet to establish proficiencies to receive certain S&I pays are the same as for AC members. Others counter that part-time RC members do not have the same readiness availability as AC members who serve full time. In response to this issue, Congress called for a report on the extension to members of the RC of S&I pays that are currently paid to AC members. In this report, the authors (1) estimate the cost of paying members of the RC, who perform service at the typical rate of four training periods of inactive duty per month (or active duty for less than a full month), the same full monthly rate of S&I pays that AC members receive for performing the S&I pay qualifying service for a full month; (2) estimate the number of RC members who would qualify for each form of S&I pay at the full rate; and (3) consider the feasibility and advisability of paying eligible members of the RC at the full S&I pay rate.

Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Background

Chapter Three: Data and Research Approach

Chapter Four: Cost of Paying Reserve Component Members the Full Rate of Special and Incentive Pays

Chapter Five: Potential Eligibility of Reserve Component Members for the Full Rate of Special and Incentive Pays

Chapter Six: Paying Reserve Component and Active Component Members the Same: Discussion of Broader Issues

Chapter Seven: Feasibility and Advisability of Paying Eligible Reserve Component Members the Full Rate of Special and Incentive Pays

Appendix A: Reserve Component Pay Authorities and Duty Statuses

Appendix B: Modeling Reserve Component Participation Under Alternative Special Pay Policies

Appendix C: Defining the Analytic Sample

Appendix D: Cost Estimates by Reserve Component

Appendix E: Data Quality Metrics.