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Army Retirement Services Office Mission |
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Army Retirement Services, Office
of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, Headquarters, Department of the
Army (HQDA), provides information on benefits and entitlements to
active duty Soldiers and families preparing for retirement and to
retirees and families through Army installation Retirement Services
Officers (RSO). In accordance with AR 600-8-7, Army Retirement Services
develops Army policy and procedures for the Survivor Benefit Plan
(SBP) program; publishes the HQDA retiree bulletin Army
Echoes; develops policy for the operation of the Army
installation Retirement Services Program; and administers the Chief
of Staff, Army Retiree Council. |
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 Current
News |
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This section is intended to keep retired Soldiers and
their family members abreast of the latest issues that may affect
them. |
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Echoes |
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ARMY ECHOES is published by the Army Retirement Services
Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, Headquarters Department
of the Army It is the principal means of communication between the
Army and its retired soldiers and surviving spouses. |
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Preretirement |
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This information is designed to help Soldiers
and families prepare for retirement. |
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Postretirement |
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The information provided here is intended to help retirees
and their family members understand their benefits and entitlements
in order to use them to the fullest extent. |
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Retirement
Services Officers |
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You may download a complete listing of Retirement Services
Officers or use the interactive guide to search for the RSO that serves
your area. |
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The Survivor Benefit Plan is the sole means for
retirees to continue a portion of their military retired pay to
their survivors. The decision must be made at retirement from military
service and is a critical one, given its lifetime impact on the
family's financial well-being. This information is provided
to ensure that you are able to make an informed decision about the
SBP that best suits your needs. |
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Casualty
Affairs & Survivors Assistance |
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This web site provides links to resources designed
to assist our Army families in the emotionally stressful time of bereavement. |
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Uniformed
Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA) |
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The USFSPA outlines the treatment of retired pay and
the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) as property, it also provides information
on a former spouses eligibility for an identification card. |
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Pay
& Calculators |
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A selection of links to web sites that provide information
on your pay and benefits as well as ones that can help you plan for
the future by estimating some of those benefits. |
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Army
Benefits Tool |
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The Army Soldier Life Cycle Benefits web site is designed
to assist Soldiers, retirees, veterans, and all family members to
better understand their pay, benefits, and entitlements; by providing
them with links to sites that they can use to help them individually
plan for their futures. |
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Quicklinks:
Address and Phone Directory |
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This section provides easy access to contact information
for a variety of benefits and services used by retirees and their
families. |
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External
Web Sites |
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This is a list of government and military web sites
that provide information concerning many additional related benefits,
such as the VA and Social Security sites, that are important to Soldiers,
retirees, and their families. |
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