Q. I have 16 years of 6C (law enforcement) covered service and am 42. I bought back seven years of active-duty military time about five years ago. That gives me 23 years combined. If I work under 6C service for two more years, I will have 18 years of 6C service and 25 years total. Can I retire in two years under the provision of 25 years of service? A. No. You have to have 25 years of actual law enforcement service to retire under the special provision.
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Q. I was a FERS employee. I retired Dec. 31. I was a full-time Air Guard reserve technician with a federal position reliant on holding the military position. I lost my military position under selective retention “no fault of mine” and “nondisciplinary.” I am 51 with more than 30 years of federal service. when I was processed through my local agency ABC-C, I was sent a statement that I was eligible for an immediate FERS retirement annuity, to include my supplement based on my Social Security. On May 15, I went from interim to final payments at OPM. Everything looks…
Q. I was medically retired after more than 20 years with the U.S. Army due to a service-connected disability (arteriosclerosis — heart disease — falling under Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War as recognized by the VA and the Army). The medical retirement is reflected on my DD 214, and I have VA documentation of my 60 percent disability. I believe I qualify for receiving credit for my uniformed service toward annual leave accrual. Does this qualify me to receive credit for military service toward annual leave accrual? How do I get OPM to recognize and process my case…
Q. I have approximately four years and four months of active duty covered by DD-214s but 18 months of active-duty time as a reservist not covered by DD-214s. Those 18 months are for not my two-week annual tours but active-duty man days, special project tours and other active duty tours of one to 30 days. I have copies of my orders for these tours. Can this time be part of my military buyback, or just the active duty time covered by DD-214s? A. To find out if that service is creditable, your agency will have to ask your branch of…
Q. I will be retiring in 2013 at my MRA, 56, with 34 years of service, 28 in the USPS and six in the military (I bought back my time). I am a FERS employee and thus will be eligible for the special retirement supplement. My OPM pension will be $2,000/month. My Social Security benefit estimate is $1,300/month. Will I receive any of those benefits? A. Having a CSRS component in your annuity won’t affect the amount of your special retirement supplement, which is paid by OPM and based on the amount of Social Security benefit you earned while a…
Q. As a postal employee under FERS for USPS for 28 years and eligible for retirement in September 2011 at age 56, am I eligible for the early supplement until age 62 or do I have to wait until age 60 with 30 years of postal service only? I have four years of creditable military service, which would make approximately 32 years for retirement purposes. A. If you are eligible for immediate retirement — your minimum retirement age plus 30 years of service — you’d receive the special retirement supplement along with your annuity. However, unless you made a deposit…
Q. I retired from the Army in 1991 with 22+ years of service as a command sergeant major. I went to work immediately as a FERS civil service employee, and nine years and nine months later, was offered an early retirement and a $25,000 one-time incentive payment because of agency drawdowns. To qualify, I would have to waive my military retirement, which I did, and that brought my total years of service to about 32 years or so. Had I known then what I know now, I would have simply completed three more months of FERS employment and taken the…
Q. I am a CSRS Offset retiree. I retired last year and have been collecting my retirement check monthly since October 2011. Starting this month, I noticed that my retirement check is being reduced by $975. I called the Office of Personnel Management, and they told me I am at the age for collecting my Social Security offset retirement as part of my CSRS retirement. I explained to them I have elected to keep working for another year or so and will not apply for Social Security. I’ve also been advised by other folks that you cannot collect Social Security…
Q. I have 15 years on active duty and am working toward a FERS retirement. I received a severance payment. Do I have to buy back the active-duty time or the severance pay to count the time on my present federal retirement? A. You would only have to make a deposit to the civilian retirement system to get credit for your active duty service. The severance payment is yours to keep.
Q. Current age: 56 Entered U.S. Navy active duty: May 1978 Active-duty military time: 11 years, four months Retired reservist after 26 years as an O-5 Entered civil service: November 1997 Current paygrade: GS-9, Step 8 Received a $30,000 severance pay when released from active duty in January 1989 Points accumulated, active and reserve, for retirement: 5,245 What do I need to do to retire at the end of this year? I know you can’t tell me what I should do, but if you could give me guidance as to what I need to do so I can make an…