Get Dd Form 108, Application For Retired Pay Benefits, July 2002.

The Department of Defense (DD) Form 2542, “Certificate of Appreciation for Service in the Armed Forces of the United States,” extends the President's and the Nation's appreciation to Service members retiring from a Military Service.

Unlike most retirement plans, the military offers a pension with benefits, that start the day you retire, no matter how old you are. That means you could start collecting a regular retirement pension as early as 37 years old. What's more, that pension check can grow with a cost of living adjustment each year.

Each Soldier requesting retirement will, with the help of their personnel officer/S-1, complete DA Form 2339, in ance with AR 635-200, Chapter 12, paragraph 12- 13. When a waiver to a service obligation is requested, a justification will be included as an enclosure.

Your application for retired pay should be completed and sent to the Human Resources Command (HRC), Fort Knox not earlier than 9 months and not later than 90 days from the date that retired pay is to start (usually your 60th birthday).

DFAS R&A Pay is primarily a payroll office. We establish and maintain military retired pay, annuity accounts, and issue monthly payments to both military retirees and their eligible survivors, including the following: Regular and Reserve Retirement payments.

Active Duty Military Retirement Letter Requests are processed through the George W. Bush Presidential Center at: https://.georgewbushlibrary.gov/. Please allow at least 8 weeks for processing. Requests are processed in the order in which they are received.

Retired reservists and Guard members must apply for retired pay, just as their active-duty counterparts do. It does not automatically start at age 60. Those who apply later will get pay retroactive to the day they were eligible — if they state that date as the date retired pay is to begin — until age 66.

Form Number: DD 108. Title: Application for Retired Pay Benefits. Edition Date: 11/28/2022. Authority: AR 135-180. For use of this form please contact: The Department of the Army.

In general, Retired Soldiers who have accumulated 20 years of active service are eligible for Retired Pay. Final Pay Plan: For Soldiers who entered military service prior to September 8, 1980 retired pay is computed using 50% of basic pay after 20 years of service plus an additional 2.5% for each additional year.