Posted on Sep 29, 2015
Have you ever been treated differently as a "grey" retiree?
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I went to SJAG to get a notary signature and was told originally I didn't qualify as a retiree eventhough I had my "pink card" with me. I told the secretary that her sign included "retirees and their family members" and why was I being discriminated? Next I asked to speak to her supervisor and when I asked why the supervisor why she could not see me, she started looking into the regulation and yes, it demonstrated that I was indeed entitled. Note: I only had one page, only one person in the waiting room and .the supervisor left for lunch after I was finished.
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Yes, I certainly have been treated differently as a as a "grey area" retiree MAJ Michele Bretz. However, it was not by anybody who was in an official military position since I was transferred since I have not used military offices and do not intend to until I am fully retired.
My shock came after serving from 1974 to 2008 including just under 19 years of active military service, my time as a West Point Cadet, etc. when I was told that I was not authorized to out-process from the military. Every previous assignment I had ever been through I in-processed when assigned and out-processed at the end of the assignment.
Thankfully my wife and I were able to get our military ID cards at Fort Myer.
My shock came after serving from 1974 to 2008 including just under 19 years of active military service, my time as a West Point Cadet, etc. when I was told that I was not authorized to out-process from the military. Every previous assignment I had ever been through I in-processed when assigned and out-processed at the end of the assignment.
Thankfully my wife and I were able to get our military ID cards at Fort Myer.
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MAJ Michele Bretz
Your career marries up with mine in the number of active duty years, I still feel that they should take the age of 60 and subtract the amount of active duty time we have to start our pay instead of waiting since many of us got our 20 year letter with more points than was required due to our active duty time.
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I can honestly say I was always treated with the utmost respect at every facility I visited. I was grey area for 16+ years.
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MAJ Michele Bretz
The initial response was that I wasn't retired because the secretary saw my pink card and not a blue one. I also felt that the final person just wanted to go to lunch instead of helping out an individual not in uniform carrying a non-CAC card. I even asked the MP when I entered the gate afterward, if the card indicated I was a retiree and the response was yes...thank you for your service.
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Sometimes our regular counterparts aren't familiar with reservists and reserve retirees. I had an issues trying to get an AD personnel office to update my SGLI aftger I got married. They stated that I wasn't eligible and my reserve unit had to do it for me. I told them that I was an Individual Mobilzation Augmentee and belonged to their unit. Still no dice. I then called the Base Commander's "Hotline" and received both a personal response and a published respone in the base newspaper stating that I was correct and the personnel office was not.
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MAJ Michele Bretz
Amazing when you have to elevate things to the next level, instead of just saying, "Let me find someone who may know the answer."
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