The pay is not as good unless you get deployed or are at your MOS then you get base pay for active duty. Your family only recieves benefits when your AD. Its good for some people and can help you get ahead, but I would say AD is better.
...budgeting finances? I've heard some horror stories about people not making enough to live off of. Currently we don't make much at all about 1000 a month and we have two children. My husband joined the navy and will be leaving for boot camp in a few months. I have the base pay charts and...
