Posted on May 2, 2017
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Fort Cavazos
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It has to do with earnings and when they were earned. If they, or portion thereof, are eligible, that amount is added to your lifetime salary number which in turn increases your monthly check. Lots of SSA.GOV stuff on it. If eligible, SSA will compute it for you. This really relates to the older crowd who didn't pay into SS during a portion of their service.
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CPT Andrew Wright
SGT Jerrold Pesz - I remember the almost nothing when I was an E1 back in the 70s we were paid about three hundred a month. Not getting Social Security yet but thanks for the info!
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SGT Jerrold Pesz
CPT Andrew Wright - As an E1 in the sixties I was paid a little over ninety dollars a month. As a E5 drill sergeant I finally was still under three hundred.
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SGM Joel Cook
CPT Andrew Wright - Take a look at the link LTC Michael Mathews sent me. It references two separate benefits for military members who served 1957-1967 and 1977-2001.
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CPT Andrew Wright
Great information. I have about twenty years of service during 1977-2001. This is why Rallypoint can be a great asset for soldiers (and sailors, marines, and airmen) both young and old. Thanks again!
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I got a message on Facebook today that claims 20 or more years service in USA military qualifies for an additional Social Security benefit. This is a little known benefit that must be asked for, they will not ask you, and you must bring your original copy of your DD 214 as proof while requesting it. I am looking for confirmation or denial from those who have already applied for social security. I have a brother in law that will be applying in mid June this year and I would like to advise him on this. Thanks!
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SGM Joel Cook
LTC (Join to see) - No Sir, I attempted to share it from Facebook and it just disappeared as I was typing the text to my brother-in-law. Went back to try to locate it and it is just gone. That happens often on Facebook.
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I've never heard of something like all military retirees with 20 years service getting any kind of extra payment. And when you consider how many people that covers, if it were true I doubt it would be a little known program but rather would be common knowledge spread by all the military retirement offices and all the veterans groups. But there is a program that credits certain reserve service with additional earnings. It is described here
https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/military.html
https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/military.html
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LTC (Join to see)
SGM Joel Cook - The retirement payments for enlisted, or any military are not offset by social security payments.
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SGM Joel Cook
LTC (Join to see) - Sir, that is interesting. One of the few military retirees over the age of 65, I ever knew was the Pasture of my church in Panama 1990-1993. He was the one who told me that story. He was retired Air Force Enlisted from Korea Vietnam era.
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LTC (Join to see)
SGM Joel Cook - I'd suggest you browse through the Social Security website and the Defense Finance and Accounting Website. There have been many changes over the years, especially as they relate to people who served in the WWII and Korea War eras. And many "myths and legends" get spread around. But even then that story doesn't sound right. There were some adjustments made for certain periods where social security taxes weren't withheld from certain paychecks. But frankly I have never heard of any time in which an enlisted retiree and an officer retiree pay was treated differently in regards to social security offsets.
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SGM Joel Cook
LTC (Join to see) - Sir, I just did a quick scan of the document link you sent me. It does reference two special entitlements 1957-1967 and 1978-2001. The first is before my time and doesn't apply to me. However the second does apply to me where I get $100 additional earning credit for each $300 in Army Base pay. In the same segment it says that credit if figured automatically and you don't have to ask for it or about it. Thanks for sending me that link.
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