Posted on Feb 24, 2014
Retiring at the highest position held during your service.
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So there I was, attending my first meeting with Retirement Services today after receiving my packet from my Brigade S1 and as the counselor was screening my packet she noticed on my ERB that the highest position I've held during my career was as a First Sergeant with the "M" identifier. She mentioned that there was a possiblity of retiring as a E8, but i'm not getting my hopes up. I'm currently not promotable, don't have a sequence number, and I'm not on any promotion list. Is there any truth to this and if so where can I find this information? I did notice that it's sometimes done when Soldiers are unvlountarily retired through the MEB process.
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SFC Finley,
I've never heard that before. I did find this article that may be helpful to you though:
http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/agdrb-overview.cfm
The Army Review Boards Agency serves as the highest administrative level for review of personnel actions taken by lower levels of the Army and administers a number of boards including those listed bel...
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SFC Aaron Finley
Thanks.... That answers my question. Again, this was a transition counselor at my retirement services and my one stop that mentioned it so naturally you wouldn't question what they say because they deal with retirement day in/out. But yes i got what I was looking for. ARBA states.. "In order to be advanced on the retired list to the highest grade held satisfactorily, you had to have actually held that higher grade. Simply stated, you must have been promoted to, paid in that grade, and served at that grade for the required statutory or regulatory time. Merely serving in, “acting as” or holding a position or job title authorized a higher grade is not sufficient."
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@SFC Aaron Finley - never heard of that happening before. Usually, you retire at your "highest three". In your case, I'm guessing your pension will be based on your last three years' pay.
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