A buddy of mine was a reservist from 87 until 93, when he was commissioned via PLC. Never activated except for drill. He told me that he ha d confirmed AFADBD of 87, the day he signed his delayed entry paperwork.
Since I'm prior service as well (active duty with broken time) I asked him if he meant PEBD instead of AFADBD. He said that he was positive that it was AFADBD and he knew the difference. How can this be? Mistake? Or am I missing a reg somewhere?
My PEBD is the day that I signed on the line to join the navy. My AFADBD is a date equal to the day I started active duty in the Marines (TBS, not OCS) backdated for the period that I was active duty in the navy. In other words, that date was calculated. Nothing actually happenned that day.
According to the ACTS manual, I think I'm correct (unfortunately). Anybody got a similar story?
Oh, and FWIW, I think that the academy guys should get credit for pay purposes (PEBD) and not time in service (AFADBD). I think that's a fair comprimise for being subject to the UCMJ, yet being paid to get a college degree, for 4 years.