reserve officer

[nax14]

my recruiter advised me yesterday, on the day i come in to do my contract, that due to my alcohol related waivers shooting for a spot in occ as a reserve officer would be a better bet, however, i would like to make my living as a marine. i was told that as a reservist if i were in the top 5% of my TBS class i could choose to go active, which i am going to shoot for, but just in case i was wondering how the active reserves worked and if its possible to make a living as an active reserve.

[Lisa 23]

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[ammermda]

I sense some confusion here. All Marine officers start out as reserve officers. After your first tour you compete for augmentation (now called career designation) into the active component. The top 5% of graduating TBS Lt's are augmented upon graduation -- so they do go active in that sense.

'Active reserve' means you are in the reserve component, but are activated and entitled to the pay and benefits of the active component Marines. So there is really no difference. Under the typical scenario I outlined for you above, most Lt's are actually active reserve officers.

Now, are you asking about the possibility of becoming a reserve officer and serving no time on active duty? If so, I unfortunately know nothing about that and will have to defer to someone else.