Military Personnel: Reserve Component Servicemembers on Average Earn More Income While Activated

Military Personnel: Reserve Component Servicemembers on Average Earn More Income While Activated
Author: Brenda S. Farrell
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1437919049

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. As of Feb. 2009, approx. 691,000 reserve servicemembers have been activated in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, with many being called for multiple deployments or extended for more than one year. This increased use of the reserve component servicemembers has led to questions about whether reserve component servicemembers might be experiencing a decline in earnings as a result of extended and frequent activations. Studies determined that for calendar years 2004 and 2005, on avg., reserve component servicemembers earned more income while serving on active duty than they had earned as civilians before activation. Reserve component servicemembers had a net gain of $1,500/month in 2004 and 2005 after activation.

Military Personnel

Military Personnel
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976428333

Military personnel : Reserve component servicemembers on average earn more income while activated

Military Personnel

Military Personnel
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2009
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Since September 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) has relied heavily on the reserve component, primarily in support of ongoing contingency operations for the Global War on Terrorism, which is now known as the Overseas Contingency Operation. This increased use of the reserve component servicemembers has led to questions by Congress about whether reserve component servicemembers might be experiencing a decline in earnings as a result of extended and frequent activations. Our objectives for this review were to evaluate (1) whether DOD has determined if any differential exists between the income earned by reserve component servicemembers while performing active duty service and the civilian income they would otherwise have earned and (2) the extent to which any differential existing between the income earned by the activated reserve component servicemembers and that earned by civilians has affected attrition for reserve component servicemembers. Based on discussions with congressional staff, we are also providing, in enclosure III, examples of public and private sector supplemental compensation provided to activated reserve component servicemembers.

Military Personnel

Military Personnel
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2003
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Activation and the Earnings of Reservists

Activation and the Earnings of Reservists
Author: David S. Loughran
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0833039717

Activation imposes a variety of costs on reservists. Among those costs is a potential decline in earnings during the period of activation. In this study, RAND researchers compute how earnings change when a reservist is activated using administrative data on military and civilian earnings obtained from the Department of Defense (DOD) and teh Social Security Administration (SSA). The study employs a comprehensive measure of annual earnings and covers the experiences of virtually all reservists activated in support of the Global War on Terrorism through 2003. Contrary to conventional wisdom and DOD survey evidence, the RAND study indicates that, on average, the earnings of reservists increase substantially when activated. Moreover, earnings gains increase length of active duty servcie. Some reservists do experience an earnings loss when activated, but the probability of experiencing an earnings loss declines with length of active duty service. Even so, these large earnings gains may be insufficient to compensate reservists for the hardship of active duty.

Explaining the Increase in Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers During the Global War on Terror

Explaining the Increase in Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers During the Global War on Terror
Author: David S. Loughran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Between 2002 and 2004, the number of veterans receiving Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers and the cost of this program to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) increased by about 75 percent. The UCX program is the military counterpart to the civilian Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, which provides income assistance to the unemployed as they search for work. Honorably discharged active-component personnel and reserve-component personnel completing a period of active-duty service of 90 or more days are eligible to receive UCX benefits provided that they meet other federal and state-specific requirements of the UI system. The sharp and sustained increase in the UCX caseload since 2002 has contributed to concerns that veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having difficulty transitioning to the civilian labor market. The research reported in this document examines the reasons why the UCX caseload has risen and considers the implications of those findings for the UCX program.

Legal Assistance

Legal Assistance
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1995
Genre: Legal assistance to military personnel
ISBN:

Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan

Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2010-03-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309152852

Nearly 1.9 million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Many service members and veterans face serious challenges in readjusting to normal life after returning home. This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.