Contact your Government Travel Card (GTC) Coordinator to place your account in Mission Critical Status.Print theMission Critical Status policy letterto provide to your GTC Coordinator.
With/without dependents: single or married, individual will keep all housing entitlements until they get to new permanent duty station.
Trainees are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to have sufficient funds available for their families while they are away at training. Due to in processing dates and procedures, it may be up to 4 weeks before the trainee begins receiving military pay. In rare cases, it may be as many as 6 weeks before you are paid. However, OTS is committed to ensuring trainees begin receiving pay in a timely manner.
You should also set up a direct deposit bank account prior to arrival. If you processed through a recruiter or MEPS, you must arrive with a completed direct deposit form certified by your financial institution.
While you are at OTS you will receive standard Air Force leave and earnings. You will be paid as an AF E-5 unless you hold a higher AF rank, and are coming straight from active duty to OTS. If you come to OTS from another service you will be given the temporary rank of E-5 no matter what rank you were in your previous service. You will not be paid Basic Allowance for Subsistence while you are at OTS even if you maintain a household elsewhere. This link below will allow you to check the current AF officer and enlisted pay scale:
Pay Scale Page (You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this page.)
You will accrue leave at a rate of 2.5 days per calendar month, and be paid according to your rank and time in service.
Leave is normally not a consideration during OTS training. However, there are instances when you may be allowed to take leave, or may have to take leave. The only major break during the year is for Christmas and New Years. If you are attending OTS during this period you may take up to two weeks of leave. The only other time that leave is a factor at OTS is if you must take emergency leave. Emergency leave is usually given for a death or serious illness in your immediate family. If your family has an emergency situation that requires you to return home they should contact the American Red Cross, and the Red Cross will contact OTS directly to verify the emergency. Emergency leave will not be denied.
**************************************************************************************************************** Earnings as a Second Lieutenant
Once commissioned as a Second Lieutenant you will receive pay according to the Air Force pay chart. Pay Scale Page(You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this page.)
