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Called up again
Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
Called up again
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
Called up again
On 4/21/2020 5:15 PM, John wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. No idea. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
Called up again
John wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. |
Called up again
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:14:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. It was such in insignificant amount of money for me I never really noticed but I do seem to remember 2 days was worth 4 week nights (essentially the monthly pay was the same whether you did one night a week or one weekend a month). I was Category H for a year or so (no drills and 30 days active a year). I preferred that but they eliminated it. |
Called up again
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:14:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. So for two 8 hour days they got paid for 32 hours, yes? -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
Called up again
John wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:14:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. So for two 8 hour days they got paid for 32 hours, yes? -- Freedom Isn't Free! Meetings were 4 hours. Some did one a week. I did a weekend a month. It was meeting pay, not hourly. What was the hourly pay when I was active duty E1? $65 a month. On duty or on call 24/7. |
Called up again
On 4/21/2020 8:01 PM, Bill wrote:
John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:14:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. So for two 8 hour days they got paid for 32 hours, yes? -- Freedom Isn't Free! Meetings were 4 hours. Some did one a week. I did a weekend a month. It was meeting pay, not hourly. What was the hourly pay when I was active duty E1? $65 a month. On duty or on call 24/7. I did the Navy Reserve thing for a while after I was discharged from active duty. We did a weekend a month but I forget how much we were paid. We had the option of leaving Saturday afternoon and returning again on Sunday morning or we could just stay on the base all weekend. I ended up only doing it for about a year of the two year deal. I started getting busy with my job and had to start traveling for it. Even though I had signed up for two years my participation in the Reserves was voluntary anyway because I had served for 9 years on active duty which satisfied the 6 year eligibility requirement. I stopped going and at the end of the two year period I received an honorable discharge from the reserves to add to my collection. I have three of them. :-) -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
Called up again
On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:01:01 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:14:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. So for two 8 hour days they got paid for 32 hours, yes? -- Freedom Isn't Free! Meetings were 4 hours. Some did one a week. I did a weekend a month. It was meeting pay, not hourly. What was the hourly pay when I was active duty E1? $65 a month. On duty or on call 24/7. If you choose to serve in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard, you will earn what is called Drill Pay. Army Drill Pay is money you earn while training on weekends and during full-time training events. You are compensated hourly for work completed. Your wages will increase when you climb in rank and years of experience (many newly enlisted Soldiers enter the Army Reserve as a private). For training events longer than a weekend, you are given prorated Basic Pay. https://www.goarmy.com/benefits/mone...-soldiers.html -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
Called up again
John wrote:
On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:01:01 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:14:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:27:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Grandson in the National Guard just got activated and called up again. He had finished with the first assignment last week. Was tested for covid-19 ... results were negative but still had to complete remainder of a 14 day quarantine. He just finished that on Sunday and was notified today to report tomorrow morning for another assignment. It sorta figures. Massachusetts is supposed to "peak" over the next week or so. I suspect they are lining up troops for where ever they may be needed. Gives him something to do at least. His school is shut down as is the gym he works at as a personal trainer. Hope he stays well. Is he getting double pay as they do on weekend drills, or just regular pay? Hope it's double. -- Freedom Isn't Free! Double pay was not really double pay. A meeting was 4 hours, so each day was 2 work days. So for two 8 hour days they got paid for 32 hours, yes? -- Freedom Isn't Free! Meetings were 4 hours. Some did one a week. I did a weekend a month. It was meeting pay, not hourly. What was the hourly pay when I was active duty E1? $65 a month. On duty or on call 24/7. If you choose to serve in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard, you will earn what is called Drill Pay. Army Drill Pay is money you earn while training on weekends and during full-time training events. You are compensated hourly for work completed. Your wages will increase when you climb in rank and years of experience (many newly enlisted Soldiers enter the Army Reserve as a private). For training events longer than a weekend, you are given prorated Basic Pay. https://www.goarmy.com/benefits/mone...-soldiers.html -- Freedom Isn't Free! I was Air Force reserve. I know about the pay. I was active duty for 9 months for tech school. I made more money in the 3 months of NCR work that year, 1965, than the 9 months of active duty. Allowed me to keep paying for my 1964 Chevy. $69 payments. |
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