Q. I’ll soon leave military service to work as an SES. 1) How many military years can I buy back into federal retirement system? I have 15 years of active duty and 10 years of reserve duty. Can I buy back all 25 years? 2) If so, does that mean I can retire from federal service after five years of service, totaling 30 years total? I would be age 50 at that time, born in 1967.
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Q. Would you please explain the differences between using leave without pay and leave without pay-uniformed services and how it impacts someone at retirement? Am I automatically placed on LWOP-US when activated for Reserve training (title 32), or can I request LWOP and not have to make a deposit? I have been making deposits for a lot of LWOP-US over my career and would hate to find out I didn’t have to make those payments for stints less than six months. A. No, you don’t have a choice. When called to active duty, you are automatically placed on LWOP-US unless…
Q. I am an Air Force employee under FERS and have bought back my military time, which includes Reserve active-duty time. My Reserve active duty was done mostly in periods of a few days at a time without any regular schedule, and I was often on duty only three or four days a week. I was on a separate active-duty order for each period of a few days. All my Reserve active-duty days total to 1,625 days. I have received a Certified Summary of Federal Service from the Air Force that credited me with four years, five months and nine…
Q. I am prior military servicemen who enlisted in the delayed entry program in December 1982 but went on active duty in the Marine Corps in March 1983. Does this inactive ready reserve time count toward establishing my civilian service computation date, both before active and after active duty? And also how does my active reserve time total into the SCD as well? A. Active-duty service is the only military time that counts when establishing your service computation date. Reserve time, whether inactive or inactive ready reserve doesn’t count.
Q: I have eight years of active-duty service and 10 years with the reserves. What part of that time counts toward the Federal Employees Retirement System? I was also recalled to active duty for an eight-month period and want to know whether I can add all this time. A: Your active-duty service in the armed forces will only count if you make a deposit to the civilian retirement fund. You have already received credit for any two-week periods of annual active duty for training, which for leave purposes have been treated as if you were still on the job. Reserve…
Q: I understand that active-duty time counts, but do weekend drills and the two-weeks-a-year tour also count toward retirement? A: No, they don’t. You are already receiving credit for your two-week periods of active-duty training, which are treated for accounting purposes as if you were still on the job. Weekend drills are generally on your own time. If one were to fall on what would otherwise be a work day, it would be treated in the same way. Simply stated, you can’t get credit twice for the same period of time.