Retired "Gray-Area" AF Guard & Reserve Members

The 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), authorizes the employment of retired Guard and Reserve members who are not yet receiving retirement benefits (i.e., "gray area" retirees) as JROTC instructors.  Effective immediately, AFJROTC is accepting applications for employment consideration from retired "gray area" Air Force Guard and Reserve members.
Minimum qualifications for retired gray-area members:

1. Be retired within the past 5 years or less with 20 “good years” of service and possess a DD Form 214/NGB Form 22; ANG/USAFR Point Credit Summary (AF Form 526)
2. Retire with at least 3600 retirement points
3. Meet all other instructor prerequisites listed under the Instructor Application link

Instructor Salary:

As a minimum, schools employing AFJROTC instructors must pay a minimum instructor salary and guarantee at least a 10 month of year employment contract.  Minimum instructor salary for "gray area" retirees is calculated the same as for active duty retirees of the same rank and years of service.  For purposes of determining the relevant level of retired pay and active duty pay and allowance for gray area retirees, each 365 day period that a gray area retiree served as a member of the Reserve of National Guard will be counted as equivalent to a full year of active duty service, without regard to the number of accumulated points or any other considerations that go into calculating the actual retirement pay of these personnel at age 60.

1.  Minimum instructor salary is calculated based on the difference between the active duty pay and allowance which the member would receive if called to active duty less the amount of retired pay an active duty officer of noncommissioned officer of the same grade and years of service would receive.

2.  Retirement pay for "gray area" retired National Guard and Reserve JROTC instructors will be calculated using one of the following retirement systems dependent upon the individual's Date of Initial Entry to Military Service (DIEMS).

    a.  Final pay:  DIEMS before 8 Sep 1980.

    b.  High-3:  DIEMS on or after 8 Sep 1980, but before 1 Aug 1986, and did not choose the Career Status Bonus (CSB) and REDUX retirement system.

    c.  CSB/REDUX:  DIEMS on or after 1 Aug 1986, and elected to receive the Career Status Bonus (if CSB not elected, High-3 retirement system applies).

3.  Active Duty Pay:  Active duty Pay and Allowances are based on the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) current year Military Pay Tables as follows: 

    a.  Basic pay.

    b.  Basic Allowance for Housing (based upon zip code of school)

    c.  Allowance for CONUS cost of living (if applicable)

    d.  Allowance for overseas housing (if applicable)

    e.  Allowance for overseas cost of living (if applicable)

    f.  Allowance for uniforms (enlisted only)

    g.  Basic Allowance for subsistence

4.  Determine minimum instructor salary by subtracting the applicable calculated retirement pay from active duty pay totals based on creditable service.

NOTE:   A school district may not compensate a JROTC instructor less than the difference between active duty pay less calculated retirement for either a gray area or active duty retiree.  However, the district may choose to compensate a JROTC instructor more than the difference between active duty pay and retirement pay.  Salary above the difference between active duty pay and retirement pay is not guaranteed and is negotiated between the applicant and the school district. 

(*Years of service defined as total of active duty and inactive duty military service as reflected on the member’s AF Form 526, DD Form 214 or NGB Form 22.)


EXAMPLE: MIP Calculation (per month) - 0-5 RANK w/25 Years of Service