Posted on Apr 27, 2017
Where in the DODFMR does it say a Service Member retires at the highest pay grade successfully held?
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SM is considering taking a voluntary rank reduction to serve in an IMA unit until reaching retirement age. SM has nearly 10 years as E8, but is willing to reduce to E6 to serve remaining 5 years. I am trying to find the regulatory guidance supporting the high 3 option, but everything I keep finding comes back to the last 3 years of service.
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From DoD 7000.14-R, VOLUME 7B, Chapter 3 - Reference subparagraph B. below.
030104. Non-Regular Service Retirement (Age and Service Retirement - Table 3-1, Rule 13). A member of the Reserve or National Guard who is retired for age and service receives the retired pay base of the grade authorized multiplied by two and one-half percent times the years of service credited for percentage purposes. See Chapter 1, subparagraph 010301.F for service credited for percentage purposes. (The formula for converting retirement points into percentage years is: total number of retirement points divided by 360. Carry the result to three decimal places; then round to two decimal places. Example: 4,735 retirement points divided by 360 = 13.152 or 13.15 years for percentage purposes.)
A. The retired pay base for a pre-September 8, 1980, member is the monthly basic pay rate on the date when retired pay is granted using the highest grade satisfactorily held by the member. The highest grade in which a person serves satisfactorily as an officer is determined under 10
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1370(d) (reference (c)).
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The retired pay base for a post-September 7, 1980, member is the high-three average equal to the total monthly basic pay to which the member was entitled during the individual’s high-36 months, or to which the individual would have been entitled if the individual served on active duty during the entire period of the person’s high-36 months, divided by 36
030104. Non-Regular Service Retirement (Age and Service Retirement - Table 3-1, Rule 13). A member of the Reserve or National Guard who is retired for age and service receives the retired pay base of the grade authorized multiplied by two and one-half percent times the years of service credited for percentage purposes. See Chapter 1, subparagraph 010301.F for service credited for percentage purposes. (The formula for converting retirement points into percentage years is: total number of retirement points divided by 360. Carry the result to three decimal places; then round to two decimal places. Example: 4,735 retirement points divided by 360 = 13.152 or 13.15 years for percentage purposes.)
A. The retired pay base for a pre-September 8, 1980, member is the monthly basic pay rate on the date when retired pay is granted using the highest grade satisfactorily held by the member. The highest grade in which a person serves satisfactorily as an officer is determined under 10
U.S.C.
1370(d) (reference (c)).
B.
The retired pay base for a post-September 7, 1980, member is the high-three average equal to the total monthly basic pay to which the member was entitled during the individual’s high-36 months, or to which the individual would have been entitled if the individual served on active duty during the entire period of the person’s high-36 months, divided by 36
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SFC (Join to see) there may be some helpful info in this similar RP thread. Good luck!
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/retiring-at-the-highest-position-held-during-your-service
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/retiring-at-the-highest-position-held-during-your-service
Retiring at the highest position held during your service. | RallyPoint
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...
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Thanks Sir! I had read that first, but didn't feel like it gave enough clarification.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
Volume 7B Chapter 1
2. High–Three Average (High 36-Month Average). For members who entered the military service on or after September 8, 1980 the retired pay base is generally the average of the highest three years (36-months) of monthly basic pay to which the member received for any 36-months of active service whether consecutive or not.
Highest three years, not last three years. At one time, I had considered coming off IRR to an enlisted slot. If I had done so, I would still have retired at Captains pay.
2. High–Three Average (High 36-Month Average). For members who entered the military service on or after September 8, 1980 the retired pay base is generally the average of the highest three years (36-months) of monthly basic pay to which the member received for any 36-months of active service whether consecutive or not.
Highest three years, not last three years. At one time, I had considered coming off IRR to an enlisted slot. If I had done so, I would still have retired at Captains pay.
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