Transcript ATLANTIC FLEET CAREER INFORMATION TEAM

ATLANTIC FLEET
CAREER
INFORMATION TEAM
AS1 Calderbank
410-293-2606
1-800-336-8673
[email protected]
PAPERWORK
CARIT Pre-Sep Brief Guide
Page 13 – VERY IMPORTANT!
 Original to PSD/Personnel.
 Copy for yourself.
 Copy to your Command Career Counselor.
Sign the muster sheet!
Pre-Separation Checklist
180 days prior to separation:
 1. DD Form 2648 (CCC)
 2. TAP Quota (www.dodtransportal.org)
 May attend up to 180 days after separation. CARIT
however is mandatory for all hands 120 days before
separating
 TAMP Instruction OPNAVINST 1900.2
 3. Officer resignations:
 Submit 9-12 months prior to requested date.
 Request to receive Reserve Commission via resignation
letter
 4. Separation Physical
 Dental classification II or III
Pre-Separation Checklist
180 days prior to separation:
 5. DAV
 Contact the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) or AMVETS
to have your medical record screened!
 www.dav.org (202) 554-3501
 www.amvets.org (301) 459-9600
 V.S.O. Phone numbers on pg 40-41 of booklet.
 6. College residency requirements.
 Contact school to find out residency requirements.
 Complete Change of Residency Form (DD Form 2058) with your
personnel office.
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http://www.collegeboard.com/about/association/international/residen
cy.html
Pre-Separation Checklist
90-120 days prior to separation:
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1. Audit your service record to ensure accuracy and
completeness!!!
Navy www.bol.navy.mil
Army www.hrc.army.mil
Air Force http://ask.afp.randolph.af.mil
A paper copy would also be advisable.
 Enlisted: MILPERSMAN 1070-100
 Officer: NAVADMIN 229/00
Pre-Separation Checklist
90-120 days prior to separation:
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2. Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript
(SMART) Document.
 Navy & Marine Corps. https://www.smart.cnet.navy.mil
 Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgi/voled/step1.htm
 Air Force: http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil
 Army: http://aarts.army.mil/
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CNET courses only.
May obtain after separation.
No classified courses
Pre-Separation Checklist
90-120 days prior to separation:
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3. VMET/Verification of Military Experience & Training(DD Form 2586)
 Lists all jobs (ratings/MOS/NEC/NOBC) held.
 Describes them in civilian terminology.
 Excellent source for writing your resume!
 The VMET database contains records of individuals with service in
the four DOD military svcs (Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps)
on or after October 1, 1990
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Contact your Fleet and Family Support Center for a copy or logon to:
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https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/vmet
 The Coast Guard cannot currently provide you with the DD Form
2586. You are encouraged to submit either a DD Form 295, or
complete the Coast Guard Institute's Military Training and Education
Credit Documentation Service form (CGI Form 1560/04d). Contact
Work Life Staff for assistance.
Pre-Separation Checklist
90-120 days prior to separation:
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4. VA Education Benefits
 1-888-GI-Bill-1
 www.gibill.va.gov
 Verify eligibility before separating.
 Full time $1,075.00 effective October 1, 2006
 Buy-up program allows active duty members to
increase their GI Bll by over 5,000.00 dollars
 Refer to NAVADMIN 103/01
5. State VA
 www.nasdva.com
 Each state gives different benefits.
Pre-Separation Checklist
60-90 days prior to separation:
1. Determine your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
 http://tsp.gov
2. Retirees/fleet reserve – complete SBP election (DD Form
2656)
 U.S. Coast Guard – (CG PSC-4700 (Rev. 4/06)
Contact Personal Property
 www.smartwebmove.navsup.navy.mil ( not for ditty
move)
Pre-Separation Checklist
•60 – 90 days prior to separation
Retirees:
• 1 year from date of separation to make your election
• Eligible to move to home of selection
• May be extended with approval ( maximum of 5
years)
Pre-Separation Checklist
60-90 days prior to separation:
Separatees:
6 months from date of separation to make your
election.
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Limited to home of record/place of entry into active
duty. ( taken from initial contract)
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May be extended with approval.
Pre-Separation Checklist
60-90 days prior to separation:
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4. Visit www.dodtransportal.org for transition & job
information
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5. Contact your Local Navy Reserve Recruiter!
Keep your benefits!
 Earn extra money!
 www.navyreserve.com
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Pre-Separation Checklist
30-60 days prior to separation:
 1. Start sep procedures with PSD/Personnel.
 2. Make copies of medical/dental records!
 At least two of yours and your dependents!
 3. Life insurance:
 120 days of free SGLI coverage after separation.
 Make sure SGLI form is updated and
beneficiaries are informed.
 www.life-line.org
 www.quotesmith.com
 www.navymutual.org “Understanding Life
Insurance”
Pre-Separation Checklist
30-60 days prior to separation:
 4. Separatees:
 Obtain a copy of you latest Navy enlisted
examination profile sheet.
 5. Will you be attending school while on
separation leave?
 www.vba.va.gov
 VA Form 22-1990
 6. Electronic Training Record
 https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil
Pre-Separation Checklist
Prior to separation:
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1. Travel vouchers (3)
2. Points of Contact. (Pers/disb/med/pp)
3. ID Cards (retiree/depn/reserve)
 https://es.cac.navy.mil
4. DD 214
5. Gulf War Registry/Agent Orange/Iraq Freedom
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1-800-749-8387
Important forms and documents
DD 214
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The most important document you will receive
upon separation/retirement!
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Key document to all of your VA benefits.
DD-214
References
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BUPERSINST 1900.1b
Block by block instructions.
Distribution.
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Member receives copies 1 and 4.
Corrections.
Security.
VA Requirements
Break Time
Medical Paperwork
Report of Medical History
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DD Form 2807-1
Report of Medical Examination
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DD Form 2808
Block 43 – Dental Defects and Disease
Block 49 – HIV
Block 74a – Qualified/Not Qualified
Blocks 81a thru 85 – Signature Blocks
Do not leave the Navy without these forms if you intend
on affiliating with the reserves or if you are receiving
disability!!!!
DISCHARGE INFORMATION
• Benefits based on the type of discharge.
• Discharge Review Boards
Naval Discharge Review Board
720 Kennon St. SE RM 309
Washington Navy Yard DC 20374-5023
• www.hq.navy.mil/ncpb
• Correcting Military Records
•http://www.hq.navy.mil/bcnr/bcnr.htm
• BCNR Voice # 703-614-1402
• BCNR DSN# 224-1402/224-9857
• BCNR FAX# 703-614-9857
• ADDRESS (see Quick Series guide)
Other important information,
forms and documents
• Reenlistment Codes
• Taking or selling back your leave
• Service Record Pages
 (Recommended to make copies of pages listed)
• CD-ROM Service Record
Selective Service
Registration
All males are required to register prior to turning
age 26.
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Exceptions:
 Birthday between 29 March 57 – 31 Dec 59.
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Continuous active duty from age 18 through 26.
You may be denied a benefit or job if you don’t have a Selective Service number.
If you have questions about records for men born before 1960, call 703-6054049. For records of men born on or after January 1, 1960 call (847) 688-6888.
www.sss.gov
Military Benefits
Military Obligations.
Uniform requirements.
USERRA/ESGR
Prohibits discrimination against those who
serve in the uniformed services.
 www.esgr.org
 1-800-336-4590
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Military Benefits
Unemployment compensation
 Check with your state!
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http://www.dol.gov/dol/location.htm
http://www.npc.navy.mil
Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
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www.humana-military.com
1-800-444-5445
You have 60 days to enroll in CHCBP
Household Goods/Personal
Property Shipment
• www.militaryacclimate.com
•Separatees may receive 65% of the estimated
construction cost for a DITY move in advance
• www.smartwebmove.navsup.navy.mil/swm
• not available for DITY move
• designed to help personnel and their families
plan and arrange HHG moves
www.militarymovingcenter.com
Military Benefits
Travel pay and per diem.
- Per diem rates have changed!
Member = 99.00
Family Member > 12 = 74.25
Family Member < 12 = 49.50
JFTR Vol I, Ch 5
Servicemember’s Group Life Insurance
(SGLI)
• www.insurance.va.gov
•$400,000.00
•120 days free coverage from date of
separation/discharge (includes family member
coverage)
• 1-800-419-1473
https://www.nffsp.org/skins/nffsp/home.aspx
ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Fleet Reserve Association
www.fra.org - works to preserve and enhance
benefits and quality-of-life programs for members
U.S. Department of Labor Veterans
Employment and Training Service
•www.dol.gov/vets
United States Office of Personnel
Management
•http://www.opm.gov
ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam
www.amvets.org
www.dantes.doded.mil/dantes_Web/troopstoteachers/index.htm
workforce.com
ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Need a lift brochure
• provides scholarship,
grant and loan opportunities.
•Grants
•Financial Aid
•Resources
•Research
•www.ed.gov
http://www1.va.gov/vso/
Reserve Categories
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IRR – Individual Ready Reserve
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www.nrpcweb.nola.navy.mil/irrguide.htm
SELRES – Selected Reserve
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www.navyreserve.com
Military Service Obligation (MSO)
Your MSO is EIGHT years
Based on your Pay Entry Base Date (PEBD)
Applies to every service member
Mandated by Federal law (Title 10, US Code)
Upon separation from Active Duty, your
remaining MSO is served in the Ready Reserve
(Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve)
Officers must resign Commission After MSO is
completed to be released from IRR
Enlisted personnel in good standing must reenlist
to remain in IRR
Your MSO date is listed on your DD-214 or initial
service contract
IRR Responsibilities
All Members in the IRR are required by Federal law
and Naval Regulations to:
 Respond to all official correspondence
 Update mailing address and contact information
annually with Pers 493
 Meet participation requirements
 Maintain uniforms in serviceable condition
 Muster when ordered
 Inform them of any information that could affect your
readiness to be recalled!
 You are still subject to mobilization ( IA program)!
IRR Responsibilities
Updates Required Annually:
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Residence/Mailing Address/Phone/E-mail
Marital/Dependency Status
Changes in Education/Licenses/Skills
Changes in physical condition which could affect
readiness
Civilian Employer Information (CEI) even if you
are unemployed or a student:
 https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/esgr/index.jsp
IRR Responsibilities
Enlisted
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Fewer than 20 years qualifying service
 No minimum participation is required, however,
 It results in non-qualifying year for retirement and
 May be ineligible for reenlistment or extension
 50 points required per anniversary year for
retirement
 Subject to HYT for each paygrade
 Members may reenlist 2 to 6 years at any time during
the last 12 months prior to their EOS. Call Pers 493
Call Center at 1-800-535-2699 for more information
IRR Responsibilities
Officer
Fewer than 20 years qualifying service
 27 points required per anniversary year
 Includes 15 membership points per year
 Note: 27 points will not earn a qualifying year for
retirement.
 Non-participation may result in administrative action
(Pers 491)
 50 points required per anniversary year to earn a
qualifying year of retirement credit
 Officers must resign commission after MSO is
completed to be released from IRR
IRR Responsibilities
Officer
 Officers are automatically screened for promotion.
It is important that Officers particularly LCDR’s
understand they are subject to attrition from an
active status when twice failed to select for the
next pay grade.
IRR Responsibilities
Bonuses!!
 Bonuses may be available for honorably discharged
members with critical rates/NEC’s.
 For a list of the current rates/NEC’s visit:
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/ReservePersonnelManagement/IRR/
Eligibility/Benefits
Eligible for:
 Active Duty for Training (ADT)
 Active Duty for Special Work (ADSW)
 Funeral Honors Duty (FHD)
 Contact NAVPERSCOM PERS 493 @ 1-800-535-2699 or
email [email protected] for funding availability
 Voluntary Mobilization
 Retirement points
 Reenlistment
 Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP)
 Eligible for full time coverage under VGLI logon to
www.insurance.va.gov for more information
 Officers automatically considered for promotion
 Enlisted eligible for advancement, if recalled
Benefits:
Identification Cards- Department of Defense Guard and Reserve Members
and their dependents.
Military Exchange and Commissary- Unlimited use with valid Identification
card.
MWR- Unlimited access to Category “C” facilities (clubs, marinas, golf
courses, etc.).
Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) IRR
Community of Practice
NKO IRR Community provides updates on IRR responsibilities,
benefits, and opportunities.
Link for Active Duty Pre-Separation Registration in NKO IRR
Community.
 Register and log-in to https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil to access:
 From the homepage, find the “Public Communities And
Learning Centers” block (Right side, about one third of
the way down the page).
 If “Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)” is not already one of
your communities, click on “Add or remove community
and learning center pages”. Enter “IRR” in the search
block and click the “Search” button. Click on the “Add
Link” button next to the “Individual Ready Reserve
(IRR)” community.
 Click on the link for the “Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)”
community.
 Click on the link to the Active Duty Pre-Separation
Registration (Top right of the “IRR” community).
 1-800-535-2699 if you have any questions.
SELECTED RESERVE
References:
• BUPERSINST 1001.39 (series)
• COMNAVRESFORINST 1001.5 (series)
• SELECTED RESERVE PROGRAMS
•RESCORE-R
•APG
•CB-VET
•NAVET
SELRES Requirements
1 weekend a month.
12-17 days of Annual Training.
Maintain 85% attendance.
SELRES Benefits
Pay
 4 days of basic pay for 2 days of work.
 Reserve pay chart www.dod.mil/dfas/money/milpay
SGLI
www.insurance.va.gov
Advancement.
Educational opportunities. (Navy College programs)
SELRES Benefits
GI Bill (MGIB-SR)- Requires a six year obligation
Uniform entitlements.
Medical coverage.
TRICARE Dental Program.
Space “A” travel.
Ask your recruiter about deferred activation.
SELRES Benefits
 Unlimited Exchange and Commissary visits.
 MWR access.
 Retirement
Survivor Benefit Plan
 Bonuses!
SELRES
Earning points.
Active duty.
Annual Training.
IDT Periods.
Correspondence Courses.
Gratuitous Points.
Retirement
SELRES Affiliation Procedures
www.navyreserve.com
Documentation will help speed up the process.
Remember. You will need a 2808 for affiliation!
Other Reserve Programs
Our purpose is to train and administer the Navy Reserve.
• www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/ReservePersonnelManagement/
• References:
Officer - MPM 1001-020
Enlisted - MPM 1306-1500
MPM 1306-1502
Other Reserve Programs
Canvasser Recruiter (CANREC) Program
Be a Navy Reserve Recruiter!!!!
• Officer and Enlisted personnel recalled for Reserve component
recruiting purposes
• Recalled for two years initially
• A member may not remain in a CANREC status beyond a 5 year
period per Title 10 of the U.S. Code
• References: BUPERSINST 1001.40A (Officer)
BUPERSINST 1300.42A (Enlisted)
• 1-866-628-7371
Retirement Information
Preparing for Retirement
• http://www.dod.mil/dfas/retiredpay.html
• POC chart on page 50
• Retired pay,getting an estimate of your retired pay and SBP
calculator:
• www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/StayNavyTools/CareerTools/
Retired Pay
• What will be deducted?
• Taxes:
• Federal – fully taxable (reduced by SBP premium or VA
compensation)
• State – Deductions must be specifically requested through
DFAS.
•Voluntary, NOT automatic! Minimum $10.00
• Block 19 on the DD 2656
• MOAA web site lists states that do not tax retired pay
•http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=serv_financial_tax_guide
•FICA – Retired pay is not subject to FICA
Retirement Information
• Retirees are permitted a max of 6 discretionary allotments.
• Payments to a former spouse.
• http://www.dod.mil
• Garnishments – cannot exceed 65% of the disposable retired
pay.
• http://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/garnishment.html
• 1-888-DFAS411 (332-7411)
•Disability payments
DFAS RETIREMENT SITE
http://www.dod.mil/dfas/money/retired/
• Pay increases:
• COLA only 
• www.dod.mil/dfas/retiredpay/costoflivingallowancecola.html
•What does DFAS need to start my retired pay?
•DD Form 2656
•Recommend that you fax the form to DFAS
@ 1- 800-469-6559
•Call to verify receipt @ 1-800-321-1080
Retired Pay
Your First Payment and Communication from DFAS
Cleveland: Your first payment for retired pay normally will
arrive 30 days after your release from active duty, or on the
first business day of the month following the month of first
entitlement to pay. i.e. If your Fleet Reserve/Retirement
date is 1 April you will receive your first retired pay on 1 May
• In a separate mailing, you will receive a letter, which will
show you how your pay was computed. This will include
your deductions for SBP, federal/state income tax, and
allotments.
Retired Pay
• Making changes after you retire.
•Use the My Pay (EMSS) system!
(Need a PIN? Go onto the My Pay website and click on “New
Pin” or call 1-877-363-3677 and follow the prompts )
• Make changes online. www.dod.mil/dfas
• 1-800-321-1080
• Keep your correspondence address updated!
RETIRED PAY
SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN
Three basic advantages of SBP:
•Non taxability of the SBP premium
•Protection against inflation
•Government subsidy of benefits of more
than 40%
Purpose:
• To provide a portion of your retired income to your
Survivors.
•SBP Calculator:
www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/StayNavyTools/CareerTools/
RETIRED PAY
SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN
Options for coverage:
•Spouse only
•Spouse and children
•Children only
•Former spouse only
•Former spouse and children
•Insurable interest
RETIRED PAY
SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN
How does it work?
1. You select “Base Amount” and category of beneficiary. The
cost and return varies depending on the type coverage and
amount of coverage.
2. SPOUSE MUST CONCUR, NO POWER OF ATTORNEY
ACCEPTED. IF SPOUSE DOES NOT SIGN THE FORM
AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT AT FULL AMOUNT OF
“SPOUSE ONLY” COVERAGE.
3. DD form 2656 must be at DFAS at least 45 days before
retirement date or trf to Fleet Reserve.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
• 1-800-772-1213
•WWW.SSA.GOV
•Social Security Benefits must be applied for !!!!!!!!!
• When you turn 65, your military Champus/Tricare medical
benefit is replaced by Medicare.
• The http://www.medicare.gov/ website is very informative
for questions you may have concerning medicare.
Retired Activities Offices
Provides assistance to retirees of all branches, surviving spouses,
active duty personnel contemplating retirement,
and family members, including retired reserves.
All RAO’s are staffed by volunteers.
Navy
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/RetiredActivities
Transition Assistance Program Eligibility Chart
Armed Forces Retirement Home
www.afrh.com
(800)422-9988
The End!