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>>techno+(OP)
There's apparently a long history of honorary or symbolic reservist rank being given to civilian advisors; a good starting Google search is "dollar-a-year men".

>>tptace+e6
The direct commission program is ordinarily used for medical providers and they are on the same payscale as everyone else that holds their rank.

>>whatsh+L7
But medical providers aren't commissioned as advisors, they're commissioned to actually deliver services, right?

>>tptace+e8
I'm not aware of any contemporary cases where someone direct commissioned but agreed to a lower "dollar-a-year" payscale. I think our prior assumption should be that these four people are on O5 until we hear for sure.

>>whatsh+x8
They're O5s. But in the reserves, so they won't be getting paid much unless they're activated.