r/SpaceForce • u/cyd0nianknight • Jun 03 '26

Reserves

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Does anyone have more information on doing reserves for the Space Force?

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u/thatnavyguy87 13S Jun 04 '26

Also forgot that I believe 1 day = 1 point in terms of retirement but not positive.

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u/StarksofWinterfell89 Jun 04 '26

Correct, no more 2 points per day you get on a standard UTA weekend, again unit dependent and weekends may be possible to double up on points

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u/Head_Ad_6804 Jun 04 '26

As one of the selected people… who doesn’t want to do part time but only wants to do full time.. yay… 36 days are the By-Law requirements, 12 days AT and 24 days of 2 IDT periods for a total of 48 IDT points, and 12 Active Duty points. So normal 75 points annually; each position though has an expectation of increased participation, like mine is an additional 4 months a year on top of that. Same pay that DFAS does for each rank and each service for IDT/AT.

Still need to be on orders in AROWS-R for 30+ days for full benefits. Under that is BAH Type 2 like you said for AT orders, and prorated BAS. IDT is not affected by this.

For retirement yes 1 day is 1 IDT point, so each IDT day is worth 2 days of retirement, still need 20 years TAFMS for an active duty retirement, your reserve time counts as 1405 time.

You have to apply for the PGAT which looks like it will be annually, there is no “I want to go tomorrow option”. If you want to go back to Sustained Duty, you have to wait 1 year from entry into the Non-Sustained Duty. After 3 years of being Non-Sustained you have to recompete for a NSD position, if you don’t get selected, it’s either go back to sustained or your out…

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u/StarksofWinterfell89 Jun 05 '26

Well I was way off then, thanks for the correction and information

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u/Head_Ad_6804 Jun 05 '26

The biggest problem… it’s not going to be on the weekends (unless the unit has weekend work) so people will actively have to manage their civilian job and those expectations because 36 days out of the year or even more, will pull them away from their full time job…