How do you convert active duty time (13 years) into Reserve/National Guard retirement points?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:51:38 -0400

Response by CW3 Lynn Peterson made Mar 19 at 2018 4:53 PM

CW3 Lynn Peterson — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:53:47 -0400

When you join the guard, you will begin receiving retirement point statements and your active duty time will be accounted for on that statement. There are specific codes for duty status, branch, etc.

Response by CW3 Lynn Peterson made Mar 19 at 2018 4:54 PM

CW3 Lynn Peterson — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:54:19 -0400

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Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 19 at 2018 4:54 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:54:32 -0400

Have you checked your RPAS to see if it's not already on there?

Response by Cpl Tom Surdi made Mar 19 at 2018 4:56 PM

Cpl Tom Surdi — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:56:19 -0400

Here you go... https://themilitarywallet.com/guard-reserve-points/

Understanding Guard and Reserve Points & Retirement

Understanding Guard and Reserve Points – How to earn points, how Points affect your Reserve Retirement benefits, and how to estimate your Reserve Pension.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 19 at 2018 5:05 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:05:13 -0400

You just sign up for Reserve or Gurd and they will do the calculations. They will take you DD214 and give you one point for each day. 365 for each year plus 366 for leap year. They will creat an RPAS statement for you so you can see all your points.

Response by CW3 Lynn Peterson made Mar 19 at 2018 5:13 PM

CW3 Lynn Peterson — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:13:59 -0400

Here is a guide showing how to read a retirement point accounting management (RPAM) statement, NGB Form 23. http://kansastag.gov/AdvHTML_Upload/files/How%20to%20Read%20an%20RPAM%20Statement(1).pdf

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Response by COL Dana Hampton made Mar 19 at 2018 5:17 PM

COL Dana Hampton — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:17:10 -0400

One Active Duty day equals 1-retirement point. So 13 years x 365 days equals the number of retirement points earned so far. (Assuming no breaks in service.)

Inactive duty for training (IDT) also earns retirement points. You also earn 15-points for each year you are a member of the reserve components. Each Unit Training Assembly (UTA) is a 4-hour period and earns 1-point also. So a typical 2-day weekend drill will earn you 4-retirement points. You earn 15-points for your 15-day annual training period. You can also earn retirement points for correspondence / distance learning military education. You must earn 50-points in each year you are in the reserve components for it to count toward your 20-years of qualifying service for the retirement pension/annuity. You can max IDT points in a year at 90 per. That said, active duty points and IDT points can combine and are limited to a total of 365 in a year.

Response by CW3 Lynn Peterson made Mar 19 at 2018 6:21 PM

CW3 Lynn Peterson — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:21:35 -0400

I think people are confusing you by flooding you with information about earning overall retirement points. Bottom line is that you will get full credit for all your active duty years and it will be reflected on your retirement point statement. FYSA, my last position on active duty was chief of retirement services at the National Guard Bureau and I am currently the HQDA retirement services program manager. If you have questions, you can inbox me.

Response by Maj Marty Hogan made Mar 19 at 2018 7:41 PM

Maj Marty Hogan — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:41:05 -0400

A day is a day- you won't convert points. Guard/reserve retirement is based on points. It would take to long to detail here. After 20 years you can retire but you won't draw retirement until 60. If you are lucky enough to get a full-time AGR gig you will have to do 20 as an AGR. My question would be why would you leave at 13 years?

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Mar 19 at 2018 9:03 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:03:32 -0400

Better yet, you have a 32% retirement in hand. If you go 20 years reserve 36%. 30 years, 42% or so. Now the shrewd way to look at doing it is to pick up a Fed career. Buy retirement credit on the Fed side and then when you turn 60, you'll have both those retirements, TSP that you'll roll into commercial management, Social Security that you'll likely defer, and hopefully not enough VA disability that you regret having it. Remember TSP first 5% of you salary contribution gets immediately matched. Show me something else that's an instant 100% return.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2018 7:47 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:47:34 -0400

Point wise every day of active duty counts as one point toward retirement.

Response by SFC Quinn Chastant made Jun 20 at 2019 3:49 PM

SFC Quinn Chastant — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:49:38 -0400

What the good officers all stated. and if you choose to follow a civil service career after leaving service Active duty time can apply as well towards retirement.

For example I retired from Federal Civilian Service at age 50, under the Police and Fire Rules (GS0081 firefighter) I enter civil Service at age 29 my Active duty time was all counted as good years towards my FERS retirement, I paid into the FERS system the total sum required to make up the difference in one years time so there was not addition charge of interest on that. HR and FERS can provide you with the forms and information to needed to apply and make payments direct from payroll. In addition as a Civil Service Employee depending upon what job you do and which agency you work under you can serve the military 1 weekend a month, 2 weeks nominal summer training get called up for deployments and still return to your civil job. Federal Law protects you that way. Military Leave is used for the 2 weeks and drill and USERA and other applicable laws and policies covers deployments.

Response by 1SG Don Jones made Jan 16 at 2020 11:12 AM

1SG Don Jones — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:12:35 -0500

One point per day of active duty with a 365/366 max. The S-1 or recruiter can do a work sheet from your DD214. Keep all your LESs and records for correspondence courses both from the Army and other USG agencies you take while in the RC side or in RYE dates with less then 365 AD days. Make sure info gets to NGB or RC Record Center.

Response by SFC Kenneth Hunnell made Feb 18 at 2021 7:31 PM

SFC Kenneth Hunnell — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:31:10 -0500

Take date entered active subtract from date of leaving active duty. That will tell you