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Active-duty service members are paid monthly according to rank and years of service, with 2025 pay tables reflecting a 4.5% general raise and a larger increase (14.5%) targeted at junior enlisted rank...
Yes — federal law and longstanding military policy allow many retired-list servicemembers to be ordered back to active duty, and courts and agencies treat most retirees as maintaining a “military” leg...
Veterans must report military retirement pay and related annuities as “income for VA purposes” when applying for VA pension or other income‑tested benefits; the VA bases pension on the difference betw...
Federal law gives the services broad authority to order retired members to active duty, but that authority is constrained by specific statutes, age and category guidance, and exceptions for certain re...
Taxes are the decisive variable when choosing between Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) and Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC): CRSC is tax-free while CRDP is taxed as retirement...
When a retiree qualifies for both Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) and Combat‑Related Special Compensation (CRSC), DFAS determines which program pays more by comparing the actual dollar...
Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP and Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) are two distinct remedies to the VA “waiver” that reduces military retired pay when a retiree receives VA ...
Veterans verify deployment and combat-service claims primarily by obtaining official personnel documents such as the DD Form 214 and related Official Military Personnel Files from the National Archive...
Calculating after‑tax take‑home for CRDP versus CRSC requires first identifying which program applies, confirming the gross monthly amounts DFAS reports for retired pay and the CRSC reimbursement, the...
DFAS publishes official implementation guidance for special one‑time military payments on its public DFAS website and through DFAS communications channels such as newsletters and payment portals, and ...
Typical 2025 basic pay for junior enlisted and mid-grade officers changed in 2025: junior enlisted (E‑1 to E‑4) received an extra boost (reported as a total ~14.5% for E‑1–E‑4) while most others got a...
Typical annual earnings for a Guardsman vary widely by duty status: when federally activated under Title 10 or on federally funded Title 32 orders a Guardsman receives active‑duty basic pay and relate...
Retirees recalled to active duty are ordered back “with full pay and allowances” and normally serve in their retired grade, though service rules can restrict promotion and set limits on numbers recall...
OPM instructed agencies that furloughed employees and excepted employees who worked during the October–November 2025 lapse are to receive retroactive pay “as soon as possible” after the lapse ends, an...
Available sources show Congress and federal practice have long limited “double-dipping” — receiving two lifelong federal annuities for the same event — but recent legislative changes and proposals hav...