Q. I spent 14 years and 8 months in the military I am now seeking a federal job. If I am employed by the federal government will this time count toward retirement automatically or is there some process I would have to go through? A. To get credit for your period of active duty service, you would have to make a deposit to the civilian retirement system. The deposit equals a percentage of your military base pay, not including allowances or differentials.
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Q. I have been hearing different stories from CPOL and other civil service employees. I am a retired CW3 from the Army, 1974-1997, and I’ve been in civil service for over nine months. My job is a logistics management specialist, 0346, support of the STAMIS system, PBUSE. I was deployed for four months to Operation Desert Storm, and after retirement I worked as a contractor from 1997-2009 supporting the STAMIS systems for the Army. Does any of my Army contractor time (13 years) count towards civil service retirement since it was similar to the job I am currently doing in…
Q: I am a National Guard technician. I am older than 50 but not at my MRA with almost 30 of service under FERS. If I am found medically unfit to stay in the National Guard, would I retire with a medical under federal service or would I receive regular retirement as if I were involuntary separated because of my age and years of service? A: If you are separated because of a disability that disqualifies you from membership in the National Guard or from holding your military grade, you would be eligible for disability retirement. This assumes, among other…
Q: I am retired military and receiving retired military pay. I am a service academy graduate; that four years is not included in my military retirement. I just started working as a civil service employee. Can I receive creditable time for my four years at the academy for civil service retirement since it is not part of my military retirement pay? A: You can if you make a deposit to the civilian retirement system for that time. Talk to someone in your personnel office to find out how to do that.
Q: I retired from the Air Force in November 2005 with 20 years of time. In August 2006 I started working as a federal employee. I submitted paperwork to receive credit for my active duty time in a recognized war zone and received 14 months, which pushed my EOD date back to May 2005. I know this adjusted my credit for leave, but will my start date be based off my actual EOD or the adjusted EOD? I also plan on buying back my military time before retiring. A: It will only be adjusted for retirement purposes if you complete…
Q. I currently have a total of 18 years active-duty and guard service. In 2002 I started working for DoD. The seven years I have for active duty has counted toward my leave and I’m currently buying back my time to count toward retirement. My question is, since I am buying back that seven years to count toward retirement in civil service, will it still account towards a retirement with the Air National Guard? If yes, will there be some kind of penalty once I start collecting the military retirement? A. Making a deposit to get credit for your active-duty…
Q. I served in the Navy back in the middle 1990’s for four years. I am now a federal employee for about 1.5 years and might be leaving the federal government. If I request to have my military service time be credited into FERS, I would have to pay a small amount of money since my salary during those years averaged around $12,000 per year. I want to know is it worth trying to have my service time credited into FERS and leave with 5.5 years in the FERS system? My salary now is a GS-14 level, so would that…
Q. I will soon be accepting a GS position. I was told that since I am “retired” military, no credit will be given to my leave accrual. I have a total of 26 years, about half each as active duty and the remaining served as a Navy reservist. I will not be getting any retirement pay until age 60, seven years from now. It does not seem fair to have served 12-plus active-duty years plus served the additional years to be retirement-eligible and not be given this credit in comparison to some others that served for three years but did…
Q. If one buys back their military time, is the money paid for the buyback nontaxable? A. No.
Q. I’m currently on active duty and will soon have 16 years in. I want to know if I can resign, take a federal/civil service job for four years and then “retire” to get a “20 year retirement”; I am 40 years old now. 1.) Is this possible? 2.) Would it require a “buy back”? 3.) How would the retirement pay be calculated? 4.) Would the benefits be the same as a 20 year military retirement? The goal would be to get a 20-year retirement in four years so I could pursue another career after that. I would also join…