What gives better pay reserves or active duty

Question

i want to join the marine corp and become an officer but i want to do it in the reserves but will i get paid less than if i do it in the active duty and also how fast would i rank up in the reserves and would i rank up faster if i was in active duty

Answer 1

You will gain rank faster as active duty.

Reserves (unless you are called to active duty) only pays 4-5 drills per month, so you would get your daily rate of pay times the number of drills per month. Saturday and Sunday usually count as 2 drills each and sometimes you can come in on Friday evening and get credit for a 5th drill. Then you get 14 days during your two week active training,

So you only work 36-48 days per year and you get paid for 48-60 days per year.

If you are active duty you get paid for 365 days per year.

Answer 2

You have to maintain a 9 to 5 job when you are not drilling.

Answer 3

Rank up.... skip the vernacular until you are in as it will sound silly.  

Answer 4

Just contact a Recruiter. Or go to marines.com and ask questions through that.