Posted on Feb 12, 2019
Will a break in service of one month between active duty and reserve contracts force me to do an extra "good year" to retire?
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I am a current army reservist with prior active duty service. There was a 28 day gap between my active duty ETS and the beginning of my reserve contract, so my Statement of Retirement Points only credits me with 11 months and two days of service qualifying for retirement for my first year in the reserves. If I stay in for 20 years, will I need to do an extra "good year" in the reserves to get those 28 days and retire? If yes, and I happen to be separated for some reason during that 21st year, will my service until the separation count toward retirement?
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Posted 6 y ago
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The short answer is no. You need 50 points to get a “good year.” Since you get one point for each day of active duty, you should already have enough points to get a good year.
If not, there are always waivers that you can get. As soon as you sign into the unit, confirm with your command (Orderly Room) that you won’t get dinged because of the transition period.
If not, there are always waivers that you can get. As soon as you sign into the unit, confirm with your command (Orderly Room) that you won’t get dinged because of the transition period.
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SMSgt Thor Merich
Sorry. I should have read the entire question before answering.
Refer to what Cpt Cable states. He is correct.
Refer to what Cpt Cable states. He is correct.
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Does your statement of retirement points say that you have more than 50 points? If so, you have a good year. You get 15 points for membership and 1 point for every Unit Training Assembly and there are either 4 or 5 UTAS on most drill weekends. You should have at least 59 points if you drilled every month and then at a point for every active day at AT.
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SGT (Join to see)
I have 51 inactive duty points and 14 membership points for that year. I assume only 14 membership points because of break in service. Either way, plenty of points for a good year. Thank you Sir.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
SGT (Join to see) - They tend not to explain Reserve/National Guard Retirement very well. You can get a maximum of 130 IDT points a year, which includes your membership points, and one point for every active duty day, whether it is AT, deployment or service school. It's not hard for Senior NCO's and Officers to pull 100+points a year between UTA's, AT's, Schools and any special Active Duty assignments. If you retire at 20, you take all your points, including your active duty time points and divide the by 360. That will give you how many years you have credited toward retirement pay. As an example, if you serve 6 years active, that will give you around 2190 points, one per day. If you averaged 100 points a year for the remaining 14 years, you would end up with a total of 3590. Divide that by 360 and you end up with 9.97 years for pay at 2.5% a year, or roughly 25 percent of your top three years pay. The downside is that you can't collect it until you are 60.
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Reserve “Good Years” are calculated on the point system. If you have only been out 19-20 days, you should still be able to complete enough battle assembly and annual training points to have a good year. I would ask the reserve unit administrator at you unit to be on the safe side. Something could have changed since my days?
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