Posted on Dec 22, 2020
When Does The Date Start For Army Active Retirement?
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I enlisted into the army 27 Jan 2004, basically I signed the contract on that date. I had a report date to Korea to the reception battalion there March 19, 2004. Which date do I use to figure out my 20 years of service?
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC (Join to see) - would you mind if I shot you an email with some questions? I'm over 20 years, but I'm on a Reserve base on AC/RC special assignment, so there's a few questions I have that are drawing blank stares from the Retirement people and Career counselors here... They're used to dealing with TPU...
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC (Join to see) I appreciate it. I'll bug you after the holidays, I know it's bad form to bug people right before the 4 days ;)
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Thanks for all the answers. There was a one month and several day gap that wasn't accounted for. I knew that, but my archived LES history solved that showing the missing month! So that accounts for my missing month that I knew I was missing. I didn't have to do Basic Training since I was prior service. But I didn't have any documents showing that I was at the reception battalion for about 1 month before shipping off. Like I said above, the LES history archive showed the missing month, and good to go!
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I'll probably draw a lot of fire for this, but why is and (E-7)SFC asking this type of question? No disrespect, but shouldn't you already know.
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Look on your ERB and check your Basic Active Service Date (BASD). That’s it + 20 years!
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If you have not had a break in service since 2004, your PEBD and BASD should be exactly the same date. You should have 20 years of service on 27 January, 2024.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
But if there was a difference, the date of retirement would be based on BASD and the pay would be based on PEBD, correct?
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