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Looking for some good gouge here. I joined the Navy reserve in May 2017 and was only offered Ensign despite having 11 years active duty in the USAF, ending as an O-4. Was in the USAF Reserves until Nov 2015. I applied for EDO in the Navy Reserve, gave the recruiter my DD-214, all relevant USAF records,etc., but ended up being offered O-1 or nothing. I took the offer and appealed to the Board for Correction of Naval Records for a rank change to O-3, which was endorsed by PERS and the Reserve Community Manager. Board denied the request citing that the Navy does not award entry grade credit. I did a little more digging for my appeal - and 10 U.S. Code § 12207 states "For the purpose of determining the grade and the rank within grade of a person receiving an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer...the person shall be credited at the time of the appointment with any commissioned service." The corresponding DOD instruction pretty much says the same thing. How does the Navy get away with a zero entry grade credit policy?
Looking for some good gouge here. I joined the Navy reserve in May 2017 and was only offered Ensign despite having 11 years active duty in the USAF, ending as an O-4. Was in the USAF Reserves until Nov 2015. I applied for EDO in the Navy Reserve, gave the recruiter my DD-214, all relevant USAF records,etc., but ended up being offered O-1 or nothing. I took the offer and appealed to the Board for Correction of Naval Records for a rank change to O-3, which was endorsed by PERS and the Reserve Community Manager. Board denied the request citing that the Navy does not award entry grade credit. I did a little more digging for my appeal - and 10 U.S. Code § 12207 states "For the purpose of determining the grade and the rank within grade of a person receiving an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer...the person shall be credited at the time of the appointment with any commissioned service." The corresponding DOD instruction pretty much says the same thing. How does the Navy get away with a zero entry grade credit policy?