JUST A HINT ON BACK PAY !!!!!
I got my first retired pay check on 1 JUNE 2010. I called and wrote letters to DFAS, but to no avail.
No one could tell me anything about back pay. Finally on 7 AUG 10 after repeated calls and letters and absolutely no response on the back pay issue from DFAS, I wrote my congressman (Congressman Posey - Florida.)
Well they must have one awesome constituent service guy. He contacted DFAS on a Monday, and by that Friday my back pay check hit my account.
Lesson: Give DFAS about 30 to 60 days. But if they are not communicating with you, or you do not have a high confidence factor in their answers. Write your congressman.
I am of the opinion that they are either so backlogged, or lazy, or some combination of both. That Congressionals get handled first, and everything else gets pushed off. So in this case seems the squeaky retiree gets the grease.
So now I am officially done as of 15 August 10. Blue ID Card, retired pay, back pay.
I got my first retired pay check on 1 JUNE 2010. I called and wrote letters to DFAS, but to no avail.
No one could tell me anything about back pay. Finally on 7 AUG 10 after repeated calls and letters and absolutely no response on the back pay issue from DFAS, I wrote my congressman (Congressman Posey - Florida.)
Well they must have one awesome constituent service guy. He contacted DFAS on a Monday, and by that Friday my back pay check hit my account.
Lesson: Give DFAS about 30 to 60 days. But if they are not communicating with you, or you do not have a high confidence factor in their answers. Write your congressman.
I am of the opinion that they are either so backlogged, or lazy, or some combination of both. That Congressionals get handled first, and everything else gets pushed off. So in this case seems the squeaky retiree gets the grease.
So now I am officially done as of 15 August 10. Blue ID Card, retired pay, back pay.