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Ok yes this makes sense now thank you. I think this is the answer to my poorly worded question. Specifically this part. So even though I didn't actually receive this base pay all year because I was a reservist and not on active duty getting paid full time, they treat it like I was and use this...

Why is this? They are both multiplied by your base pay, just one is based on rating and the other is based on time in service, right?

So the high 3 that I actually received, reserve years don't count because I didn't actually receive base pay those full years?

This is assuming you go with the years in service method and not the DoD % method, correct? What if you go with the DoD rating % method? It's your rating x high 36. What is the high 36 based on in that case?

Brand new here - thanks for the site full of great info. Question about how high 36 is calculated for chapter 61 retirement. A scenario: member starts career on active duty (does 5 years) transfers to active reserve and spends time in reserves (6 years) goes back on active duty and shortly...