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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+(OP)
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+x1
But medical providers aren't commissioned as advisors, they're commissioned to actually deliver services, right?

>>tptace+02
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+j2
Sure! Also: I am saving a lot of space for the underlying arrangement here being super weird and norm-breaking, for obvious reasons.

>>whatsh+j2
They're O5s. But in the reserves, so they won't be getting paid much unless they're activated.