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Pay and Allowances

BLUF on pay, if you submit it, and they say they processed it, they should be able to provide what's called a TL (stands for Transmission Letter). If they can't give you one, it didn't go to DFAS. Once it goes to DFAS, there's a timeline for it to hit your account (usually about a week), but you should be confident it's there.

The document responsible for one of the biggest sources of difficulty in the Reserves (Getting paid) is USAR Pam 37-1, Defense Joint Military Pay System - Reserve Component (DJMS-RC) Procedures Manual, dated 7 May 2018. It contains all sorts of critical things that we often consider "tribal knowledge".

  • When must pay be submitted to be paid?

    • Drill / Battle Assembly (BA) - 24 hours of completion of BA (Section 3-2 (k))
    • 1380s - Within 72 hours of receipt of completed DA 1380 (Section 3-2 (k))
    • AT/ADT - Within 24 hours of receipt of certified orders (slight caveat because of RLAS, but good general rule) (Section 3-10 (a)(1)

  • Who can sign 1380s?

    • Any officer with knowledge of duty performance may sign block 11 of the DA Form 1380. Any NCO or civilian with knowledge of duty performance may sign block 11 of the DA Form 1380 if they are authorized signature authority IAW AR 25-50. (Section 1-11 (b) (3))

  • Officer Uniform Allowances

    • First time on over 90 day orders, after 14 days. $400. (Section 3-25 (a))
    • Any other period of 90 days or orders or more, as long as you didn't already get one during that duty period or in the last 2 years). $200. (Section 3-25(b))

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