krzy8kim said:
Seems I've hit a nerve with you ArmyVern! Mbr is a friend of mine and she doesn't have access to a computer right now. Upon starting her release it was brought to her attention that reserve class A time may be possible for repayment of time. And now would like to be more informed before approaching her OR as she too didn't believe Reserve Cl A would be an accepted "period of svc" but after reading up on the reg's and APM-245 Chapt 17, it appears that it may be possible. It doesn't say you cannot transfer from Reg F to Res F to serve the time. So, a PRes mbr receives MATA/PATA for 6 months and then transfers to the Reg F - she would have to repay the benefits? I think not!
Actually, again IF you read it.
It says MATA/PATA is paid based upon "time" for full-time soldiers - those being RegF, ResF B & C Class. You'll note the exception in those same regulations that MATA/PATA is paid based upon "X number of days actually
PAID service" for ResF Class A. NOT days service. Repayment then refers to the paying back of top-ups benefits for any shorter service post-MATA/PATA than that which you collected.
Entitlement to (or repayment of) MATA/PATA for A Class service only counts in "actual PAID days" ... What part of that do you not understand?
Here's a scenario for you:
An A Class Girl who works 10 days over a period of one year of service, thus generating 1 year of service, but only 10 days "paid" service. She then proceeds on Maternity Leave, collecting MATA top-up for
ONLY 10 days that were actually "paid service" as per the regulations.
She then comes back and decides she doesn't want to be in the CF anymore - she has two options:
1) Pay back those 10 days MATA top-up that she recd; OR
2) Actually report to work for 10 more days "paid service" (which a Class A pers
could serve in a single month).
By your and your tongueless friend's argument on the "time" counts - thus:
That A Class girl would have to serve ONE more year (not just another 10 days despite only being paid for 10)!
Yet, your bud should get off doing 6 months part-time at what 3 or 4 days of actual work (and not her 183 days she was paid for)?
Give me a freaking break. You've got the part time soldier having to serve a full year and your RegF fulltime bud doing a mere 6 months?
THAT's the dumbest thing I've heard today. Actually, the dumbest thing I've heard so far this year.