I officially retired 31 DEC 21. I am eligible for early retirement payments. How long before I receive my first payment?

2022-01-02T05:28:04-05:00

I retired from the reserve component. I put in my orders 9 months early. I wish to hear from those who were in the Army Reserve and National Guard who were given an early retirement because of serving downrange and getting credit for that time. I did all the necessary paperwork, I went to the pre-retirement conference. My packet was uploaded by the G1. I received my orders a month ago. For those who had no problems with their file being lost, did you have a delay in receiving your first retirement payment?

Response by PFC David Foster made Jan 2 at 2022 6:23 AM

2022-01-02T06:23:27-05:00

Congratulations, all the best.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jan 2 at 2022 6:36 AM

2022-01-02T06:36:40-05:00

Congrats Sir. That's awesome news.

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Jan 2 at 2022 6:58 AM

2022-01-02T06:58:39-05:00

Congrats Sir.

Response by LTC Dave Leppanen made Jan 2 at 2022 10:09 AM

2022-01-02T10:09:15-05:00

Congratulations. I also was eligible for early retirement. I estimated my payments would start in March or April. I actually started receiving payments in January. If you have not received notification that there were not issues with your packet you should start receiving your payments automatically. I put also my packet in approximately 9 months early. No issues. Someone, somewhere, calculates when you should start receiving payments.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2022 1:49 PM

2022-01-02T13:49:01-05:00

Congratulations on your retirement.
When you say you submitted your retirement 9 months early, are you refering to your retirement orders from the reserves or actually requesting your retirement money? They are seperate processes.

Response by LTC Trent Klug made Jan 2 at 2022 2:28 PM

2022-01-02T14:28:13-05:00

It took mine 5 months, but I put an incorrect date on one of the forms and had to resubmit. From that resubmission to initial payment was just over 3 months.