ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 022330Z MAR 01 ZYB MIN PSN 944740J28
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01920//
NAVADMIN 048/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
 
SUBJ/OFFICER RETIREMENT POLICY//
 
REF/A/DOC/CONGRESS/01OCT2000//
 
REF/B/DOC/CONGRESS/01OCT1998//
 
REF/C/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/082304ZSEP1999//
 
NARR/REF A IS NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2001.  REF B IS
TITLE 10 U.S.C. GOVERNING U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.
REF C IS NAVADMIN 253-99 EXPLAINING POLICY TIME IN SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS FOR LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS.//
 
RMKS/1.  REF A MODIFIED REF B AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF THE TWO YEAR
TIME IN GRADE (TIG) AND TIME IN SERVICE (TIS) REQUIREMENT FOR
VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AS AN OFFICER.  DURING THE DRAWDOWN, THE
MINIMUM TIG REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREMENT IN THE GRADES OF CDR AND
ABOVE TO RETAIN THE BENEFITS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE HELD WAS REDUCED
FROM THREE YEARS TO TWO YEARS.  FURTHERMORE, THE REQUIRED TIS FOR
VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AS AN OFFICER WAS REDUCED FROM TEN YEARS TO
EIGHT YEARS.
 
2.  THE FOLLOWING POLICIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 31 DECEMBER
2001:
    A.  TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREMENT IN THE GRADE OF CDR
AND ABOVE TO RETAIN THE BENEFITS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE HELD UPON
VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT IS TWO YEARS.
    B.  REQUIRED LENGTH OF ACTIVE COMMISSIONED SERVICE FOR VOLUNTARY
RETIREMENT AS AN OFFICER (OTHER THAN LDO) IS EIGHT YEARS.
    C.  PER REF C, THE RETIREMENT POLICY FOR LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS
WILL REMAIN TEN YEARS ACTIVE COMMISSIONED SERVICE.
 
3.  QUESTIONS REGARDING OFFICER RETIREMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
NPC-822C (OFFICER RETIREMENTS) AT (901) 874-3180/3184/DSN 882.
 
4.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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