Q. I was hired in January 1991 at U.S. Army TACOM in Warren, Michigan, as a Desert Storm Temporary. I worked for full two years. I also was on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1982 to 1989. I was hired full time at TACOM in 2007. I was able to buy 7 years from my active-duty service for retirement purposes. Is there any way that I can purchase my Desert Storm Temp time as a GS09?
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Q. I submitted the paperwork to Army’s Defense Finance and Accounting Services via fax several months ago. I have not received the amount that I have to pay back to receive credit for the 16 years, seven days of military service from March 19, 1969, to March 25, 1985. I am a civil service employee. Is there a contact number at DFAS, or an email address with which I can follow up on this? I am currently assigned to Okinawa, Japan. I have asked my personnel office in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., but have not received an answer yet. A. You…
Q. Can l get FERS retirement credit (without buyin) for my 20 years (regular retirement) of military service? I was awarded 100 percent VA service connection five years after military retirement. I have 12 years of FERS time and 10 percent of my VA disability is combat related. A. No, you’d have to make a deposit to the civilian retirement fund to get credit for that time.
Q: Is the time spent at a service academy creditable for civilian retirement if the employee did not graduate? There has always been an assumption that if the individual did not graduate from the academy that the time was not creditable for civilian retirement purposes. Nowhere can a reference be located with a mention of graduating. I’ve exhausted just about every reference possible and the closest thing that I can find is Section 1115 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which authorizes federal employees to receive retirement “credit for service as a cadet or midshipman at…