Here are my updated totals. Three times through the reports and I did the math twice.
Ok so I went back through a third time. If they listed Dept. of Defense with a branch of the military I counted it or if they listed Dept. of (branch of service). Otherwise I did not. I think this is the fairest assumption to make. Their a A LOT of DOD employees who are NOT military. So someone simply putting DOD as employer does not in anyway signify that even ever served a day in the military.
The reserves/National Guard are NOT active duty UNLESS they are currently called up. Only a small % is usually on active duty at any given time and we would have no way of knowing if this was the case or not. So I added them in a separate category.
These are my totals after three separate tallies.
Ron Paul
active duty military personnel .................................................. .................................................. ................... ..............$75,201.91
Reserve/national guard, these guys might very well be currently active, but there is no way to tell for sure...................................$6,372.13
Rick Perry
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$7,325
Reserve........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .......................$3,000
Jon Huntsman
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$1,250
Rick Santorum (Frothy)
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$500
Mittens Romney
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$6,555
Obama
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$39,828.15
Reserve........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .......................$2,122
Herman Cain
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$3,295
Fred Karger
$0
Gary Johnson
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$1,000
Thadeus McCotter
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$250
Newt Gingrich
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$250
Michelle Bachmann
Active duty.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............$4,632
Reserve........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .......................$150
