Hello,
The reason I have brought up "retirement credit" or service creditable for retirement is that it applies to the service used for determining one of the components of the severance pay formula.
1980: The Department of Defense asked GAO to determine if a member can count his cadet time spent in a Military Academy for retirement purposes.
"GAO held that service as a cadet or midshipman at a service academy is creditable for the purpose of determining eligibility for retirement under enlisted retirement but is not creditable for a member retiring under commissioned officer retirement."
Retirement Credit for Academy Service As A Cadet or Midshipman <---LINK
This begs the question: "Why would ROTC service be treated differently (i.e., award credit toward retirement from ROTC time?"
The basis for that decision is at
https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/686866.pdf <---LINK
.. DECISION THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-195448 DATE: April 3, 1980 MATTER OF: Retirement credit for academy service as a cadet or midshipman DIGEST: Section 971 of title 10, U.S. Code, provides that cadet or midshipman service at a service academy may not be included in the computation of length of service for any purpose of an officer. 10 U.S.C. 971. However, this does not preclude the crediting of such service for the purposes of determining the eligibility of an enlisted member to retire under 10 u.s.c. 8914. Service as a cadet or midshipman at one of the academies is service in the Navy, Army, or Air Force since the academies are integral parts of those services.
[copied from a scanned document (probably via OCR, optical character recognition). ]
Added:
Reference: DoD 7000.14-R Financial Management Regulation Volume 7A, Chapter 35 * October 2018
350303. Computation of Active Service
"F. Do not include service as a cadet or midshipman while in a military service academy or a Reserve Officer Training Program"
Note: This was in the 3503 SEPARATION PAY (NON-DISABILITY) section, which does not include Disability Severance Pay. It is cited only to provide an example of how ROTC time is considered for separations other than disability.
3505 DISABILITY SEVERANCE PAY
B. Years of Service. The member’s separation orders will specify the total combined years of active service and inactive duty points to be counted in computing severance pay. Round this total to the nearest whole year, with 6 months or more rounded up. The maximum number of years of service for computing the disability severance pay will be 19 years. The minimum number of years for computation purposes will be: 1. Six years in the case of a member separated from the Armed Forces for a disability incurred in the line of duty in a CZ (as designated by the SecDef) or incurred during the performance of duty in combat-related operations as (designated by the SecDef); or 2. Three years in the case of any other member.
Example: An E-6 has 11 years, 4 months, and 9 days of active service and 76 inactive duty training periods (points) on the date of separation for physical disability. Compute the entitlement as follows: 11 years, 4 months, 9 days = 11.3583 years 76 points / 360 = .2111 years Total Service = 11.5694 years Since it is a decimal greater than or equal to .5, round the total upward to 12 years. 12 years times 2 months of basic pay of an E-6 over 10 equals the amount of disability severance pay. NOTE: For purposes of this calculation, the number of points that may be considered may not exceed 60 points for any anniversary year that closed before September 23, 1996; 75 points for anniversary years that closed on or after September 23, 1996; 90 points for anniversary years that close on or after October 30, 2000; and 130 points for anniversary years that close on or after October 30, 2007.
Ron
