B-207339: Feb 8, 1983

DIGEST: AIR FORCE RESERVIST WHO SERVED 355 DAYS OF ACTIVE DUTY AND 10 PERIODS OF INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING IN FISCAL YEAR 1981 IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAY FOR ALL SERVICE PERFORMED. ALTHOUGH ACTIVE DUTY PAY IS PAID ON A DAILY BASIS INACTIVE DUTY PAY IS PAID FOR DRILL SESSIONS WHICH MAY BE LESS THAN A DAY. BECAUSE THE PAY IS A COMBINATION OF LESS THAN 360 DAYS' BASIC PAY FOR ACTIVE DUTY PLUS 10 DAYS' C...

B-207339: Feb 8, 1983

In response to a request from an Air Force accounting and finance officer, GAO rendered an advance decision as to whether a reserve officer is entitled to active duty pay that would result in payment to him of more than 360 days' basic pay for fiscal year 1981. The Air Force had declined to pay the officer for 5 days of active duty during 1981 based on regulations that state that combined active d...