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Many Army National Guard Soldiers make the commitment to stay in the Guard for twenty years or more. Those who do have a number of benefits available to them, including retirement pay (which begins at age 60), "Space-A" travel, survivor benefit plan, SGLI, PX/BX/Commissary privileges, transient billeting and legal assistance. Some states offer ...
- Early Retirement from The Guard and Reserves
- Update 2015 National Defense Authorization Act
- Qualifying and Non-Qualifying Service For Early Retirement
- Meeting Eligibility Requirements Is only Part of The Battle
- Early Retirement Is For Pay; Other Benefits Come at Age 60
How to Qualify for Retirement from the Guard & Reserves
A member must serve a full 20-year service obligation before being eligible to retire from the National Guard or Reserves. Members can retire as soon as they have 20 good years of service, but they are considered gray area retirees until they reach age 60. In general, they will be eligible to access base activities such as the gym, MWR, commissary and base exchange privileges. They would only be eligible to begin receiving other retirement benefits at age 60, including pay and medical benefits.
How Early Retirement Works
To be eligible for early retirement, a member of the Reserve Corps must still complete the 20-year service requirement. How early they can retire depends on the number of active duty days they served on a mobilization after Jan. 28, 2008. Early retirement reduces the eligibility age for receipt of Reserve retired pay by three months for each aggregate of 90 days of qualifying active dutyperformed within a fiscal year. For example, if you served 90-179 days in a fiscal year, you could only ret...
Important Note for Deployments that Started Prior to FY 2015
The entire 90 days must also be served during the fiscal year. If you served 90 consecutive days, but part of your mobilization was before the fiscal year end and part was during the new fiscal year, then the 90-day mobilization wouldn’t count toward early retirement. This makes the timing of the deployment very important when determining early retirement eligibility. The good news is that your mobilization doesn’t need to be continuous. Your service would meet the early retirement requiremen...
The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act makes it easier for Reserve Corps members to qualify for early retirement when called to active duty. Prior to FY 2015, members had to serve 90 days on active duty during a fiscal yearin order to be eligible to retire early. Service time that crossed a fiscal year didn’t count toward early retirement unle...
Qualifying Service
Most active duty time counts for early retirement, including deployments in support of overseas operations, mobilizations for natural emergencies which are authorized by the governor and paid for by federal funds, and other active duty service periods including training and attending military schools. However, not all service counts toward early retirement.
Non-Qualifying Service
You must have been a member of the Guard or Reserves when you were activated for the qualifying service. Members who originally joined the service as active duty then later transitioned to the Guard or Reserves are not able to count their previous active duty service toward early retirement. Other ineligible Guard or Reserve duty includes actions such as performing weekend drills, 2 weeks annual training, those in full-time AGR or TAR status, muster duty, those who were activated for courts-m...
It’s up to the member to be aware of these changes and file for early retirement. In these instances, you will need to have proof of your activation, including the reason and the duration of time you were activated. This is where your mobilization orders and DD Form 214 are essential. As you know, your DD Form 214 is issued when you are released fr...
While your deployments can start the clock earlier for your retirement pay and benefits such as access to the commissary or base exchange, early retirees will have to wait until age 60 to be eligible for certain other benefits, such as TRICARE Prime benefits and Space-A travel eligibility. TRICARE for Life eligibility begins at age 65. Please see t...
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Feb 22, 2023 · Retirement Pay for Guard and Reserve Members. If you are in the National Guard or the Reserve, you earn points toward retirement while serving part-time and when called to active service. You qualify for military retirement as a member of a Reserve Component once you have reached 20 creditable years of military service.
Oct 20, 2016 · Army National Guard Retirement Guide Army National Guard, Personnel Division, Transition Branch Updated 19OCT2016 References Annex A: References with links to policies, laws, and helpful websites No page numbers Survivor Benefit Program To Top Annex B: Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) B-1. Overview of the Program B-2. RCSBP Options
Sep 24, 2015 · Applications for Guard or reserve retirement pay are sent to eligible members prior to their 60th birthday, at the address that the service has on file for the retiree. It is super-important that ...
Feb 21, 2023 · A Benefits Guide for National Guard and Family Members. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Global War on Terrorism and the subsequent operations have altered our lives, and the uncertainties of local, regional and overseas deployments have challenged our abilities to cope. Whether your loved one is supporting a military operation overseas, performing ...
To check status of your application contact HRC 1-888-276-9472. Who to contact. For questions related to planning for non-regular retirement please contact the GAARNG G-1 Retirement Office ng.ga.gaarng.list.ngga-g1-retirements@army.mil. Additional Resources.
