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New Rules for Earlier than Age 60 Retirement for RC
There is new authority for earlier retirement pay than age 60 for reservists. Big news is that service in a Warrior Transition Unit will count towards calculating reduced age of receipt of retired pay. For many, the impact will be on receipt of CRDP (as their retirement will be because of disability and therefore the main remaining issue is CRDP).
http://www.army.mil/article/104801/ :
"The way it works is that Soldiers can count 90 days of their tour toward 90 days earlier retirement for each fiscal year deployed, according to Richard Gray, supervisor of Retired Pay.
That part is still in effect.
The new categories include reserve-component Soldiers who are activated to respond to national emergencies such as natural disasters like hurricanes or earthquakes. Another category is for those in warrior transition units who were hurt while mobilized for such responses, Gray said.
The most important thing Soldiers can do to meet the criteria, Dorsey said, is to check their mobilization orders or their DD-214 discharge document. Those documents need to have any one of the following Title 10 or Title 32 U.S. codes annotated: 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(h), 12302, 12304, 12305 or 12306.
If one of those numbers is not there, either the Soldier won't be eligible or needs to see someone in the personnel office to get the appropriate code amended, she said.
There are some exceptions to the rule. Soldiers who've demonstrated substandard performance are an exception, for instance. Gray said Soldiers can check with Human Resources Command for eligibility information. The HRC can be reached by calling 502-613-8950 or by visiting https://www.hrc.army.mil/tagd/reducedageretirement. "
There is new authority for earlier retirement pay than age 60 for reservists. Big news is that service in a Warrior Transition Unit will count towards calculating reduced age of receipt of retired pay. For many, the impact will be on receipt of CRDP (as their retirement will be because of disability and therefore the main remaining issue is CRDP).
http://www.army.mil/article/104801/ :
"The way it works is that Soldiers can count 90 days of their tour toward 90 days earlier retirement for each fiscal year deployed, according to Richard Gray, supervisor of Retired Pay.
That part is still in effect.
The new categories include reserve-component Soldiers who are activated to respond to national emergencies such as natural disasters like hurricanes or earthquakes. Another category is for those in warrior transition units who were hurt while mobilized for such responses, Gray said.
The most important thing Soldiers can do to meet the criteria, Dorsey said, is to check their mobilization orders or their DD-214 discharge document. Those documents need to have any one of the following Title 10 or Title 32 U.S. codes annotated: 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(h), 12302, 12304, 12305 or 12306.
If one of those numbers is not there, either the Soldier won't be eligible or needs to see someone in the personnel office to get the appropriate code amended, she said.
There are some exceptions to the rule. Soldiers who've demonstrated substandard performance are an exception, for instance. Gray said Soldiers can check with Human Resources Command for eligibility information. The HRC can be reached by calling 502-613-8950 or by visiting https://www.hrc.army.mil/tagd/reducedageretirement. "