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Summary of National Call to Service Program
NOTE: This summary is for informational
purposes only. Please
see your Military Recruiter for additional information on this program.
There is a three-tiered service requirement to qualify for incentives under the
National Call to Service program:
- First,
after completion of initial entry training, individuals must serve on active
duty in a military occupational specialty designated by the Secretary of
Defense for a period of 15 months.
- After
this, and without a break in service, these individuals must serve either
an additional period of active duty as determined by the Secretary of Defense,
or a period of 24 months in an active status in the Selected Reserve.
- After
completion of this period of service, and also, without a break in service,
the remaining period of obligated service specified in the agreement will
be served as follows:
- on active duty in the armed forces
- in the Selected Reserve
- in the Individual Ready Reserve
- in Americorps, or another domestic national service program
jointly designated by the Secretary of Defense and the head of such a
program
Any combination
of the service referred to above may also be approved by the Secretary of the
military department concerned pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary
of Defense and specified in the agreement.
Individuals
who participate in this new program have a choice of incentives as follows:
- Cash bonus of $5,000
- Repayment of a qualifying student loan not to exceed $18, 000
- Entitlement to allowance equal to the 3-year monthly chapter 30 rate
for 12 months ($1,034 effective Oct 1, 2005)
- Entitlement to allowance equal to fifty percent of the less than
3-year monthly chapter 30 rate for 36 months (Fifty percent of $840
effective Oct. 1, 2005)
The basic rule is that National Call to Service (NCS) participants are not entitled to
additional assistance under chapter 1606 or chapter 30 benefits. However,
if the NCS participant has eligibility under either of these chapters, he or
she may be paid the amount of chapter 1606 or chapter 30 benefits minus any
amounts paid under the NCS program. The education benefit options will be administered to the extent possible like chapter 1606 of title 10.
The effective date of this program is October 1, 2003.
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Reviewed/Updated Date:
January 8, 2009
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