This document provides information on joining the Navy Reserve, including benefits such as health insurance, education assistance, retirement, and reemployment rights. It outlines the goals and services of the Career Transition Office, which assists with seamless transitions between active and reserve duty. Contact information is provided for the Career Transition Office to facilitate the affiliation process.

1. Navy Reserve
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2. Overview
• Reserve Affiliation
• Benefits
• Reserve Drill Pay
• MOBILIZATION DEFERMENT
• Reserve Retirement
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Reemployment Rights
• Education

3. Reserve Affiliation
Career Transition Office
• Web-site
– http://www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/Transition/
• Email
– cto.officer@navy.mil
– cto.enlisted@navy.mil
• Phone
– Comm: (901) 874-4192 Officer
– (901) 874-4108 Enlisted
– DSN: 882

4. WHAT IS THE CTO
• The CTO was developed to support the CNP’s
Continuum of Service (CoS).
• Providing Sailors a seamless transition between
Active and Reserve Components (AC/RC)
• Aand encouraging a lifetime of service.

5. GOALS OF THE CTO
• The overall goals of CTO are to:
• Educate Sailors about the benefits of reserve
affiliation
• Facilitate a smooth streamlined transition
between AC and RC through centralized
processing
• Decrease transition processing times and
reduce potential pay interruptions.
• 72 hour transitions between components

6. GOALS OF THE CTO
A Transition Assistant (TA) works directly with a
service member to:
• facilitate the transition process
• prepare all documents as applicable for
transition and
• address all inquiries regarding NAVRES prgms.
• Officer Transition Assistants (OTA) transition
officers .
• Enlisted Transition Assistants (ETA) transition
enlisted personnel.

8. Benefits
• Unemployement Compensation
• Members returning from active duty may be
eligible for unemployment
compensation. Please view the link below
for information including specific laws,
procedures, and requirements in your
particular state.
• http://www.thebeehive.org/jobs/unemployment-

9. Benefits
• In addition, Navy Reservists are entitled to
many of the same benefits they received
while serving in the AC.

10. DRILLPAY E-6 W/08 Yrs
• 4 Drills: $ 412.48 (4 drills=1 drill weekend)
• 1 Drill: $ 103.12 (1, 4 hr period)
• http://www.dfas.mil/dfas/militarymembers.html

11. MOBILIZATION DEFERMENT
• Upon affiliation with the RC, NAVETs are
allowed a mobilization deferment to avoid
back-to-back deployments or mobilizations in
order to establish themselves in their
community and new civilian job without
having to deploy. NAVADMIN 07007

12. MOBILIZATION DEFERMENT
• NAVETs who affilite with the Navy Reserve:
• Within 6 months of release from AD, NAVETs
receive a 2 year "involuntary" mobilization
deferment
• Within 7-12 months of release from AD,
NAVETs receive a 1 year "involuntary"
mobilization deferment
• Member may "volunteer" for deployement
at any time during the mobilization
deferment.

13. Reserve Retirement
•
• Reservists will become eligible for retirement pay
at age 60 (or earlier based upon current policy),
following 20 years of qualifying service (AC and
RC, or RC alone). Retirement benefit amounts
vary, depending on individual pay grades and
total of AC and RC time. An optional Survivors'
Benefit Plan will provide an annuity to eligible
beneficiaries. For in-depth authoritative
information, refer to BUPERSINST 1001.39F
Chapter 20.

14. Reserve Retirement
• Retirement Calculator - Active Duty and
Reserve
• The retirement calculator forecasts non-
disability military retirement income based on
your career details and variable economic
factors. This planning tool is intended for
members who are currently serving and are
not yet retired.

15. Health and Dental Insurance
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Reservists are eligible for
Tricare Reserve Select benefits. Tricare
Reserve Select brings together health
resources of the armed forces and
supplements them with civilian resources to
complete your health care coverage. During
training periods, you may use military facilities
in the event of injury or illness.

16. Health and Dental Insurance
• Direct Transition between the AC and RC, with
no delay or break in service, makes you
eligible for TAMP (TA-180) medical coverage.
This coverage allows you to continue the
same coverage with the same deductibles/co-
pays that you had on Active Duty with no
additional premiums for a period of six
months.

17. Life Insurance
• Reservists are eligible for up to $400,000 of
full-time coverage under the
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
(SGLI) plan. Dependents are also eligible for
coverage of up to $100,000 for a spouse and
$10,000 for each dependent child.

18. Reemployment Rights
• As a Navy Reservist, your civilian job security
is assured. Reservists are protected under the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployme
(USERRA).

19. Education
• Educational opportunities abound while you
serve in the RC. Whether you are looking for
additional military training, seeking to earn an
advanced degree, or simply want improve
your skill sets, the Navy Reserve has an
educational program for you. As a member of
the RC, you can attend a variety of Navy
schools on Annual Training, complete
correspondence courses, and enroll in a
number of educational programs.

20. Education
• Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve Reservists can qualify for the
Montgomery GI Bill- Selected Reserve, a no-pay program available to the
Selected Reserve.
• POST 9-11 GI Bill
• Navy War College
• Senior Enlisted Academy
• Navy COOL
• DANTES Examination Programs
• Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
• Navy College Program
• Navy E learning
• Tuition Assistance
• Troops To Teachers

21. WEBSITE AND CONTACT INFO
• http://www.public.navy.mil/BUPERS-NPC/CAREER/TRANSITION/Pages/ReserveAffiliation
• Web-site
– http://www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/Transition/
• Email
– cto.officer@navy.mil
– cto.enlisted@navy.mil
• Phone
– Comm: (901) 874-4192 Officer
– (901) 874-4108 Enlisted
– DSN: 882
– http://ra.defense.gov/