RETIREMENT FACT SHEET LEAVE Ordinary Leave: When you accomplish your Terminal and/or Permissive leaves form, you must account for all other types of leave. Failure to account for all of leaves prior to Terminal and/or Permissive leave could result in overpayment of final pay and allowances. Terminal/Permissive Leave: Terminal leave cannot exceed the leave you will accrue through your DOS. Remember, you continue to accrue leave while on terminal leave. Terminal leave must continue through your DOS and be approved by your unit/squadron commander. Bring the approved Permissive and/or Terminal leave form to your out-processing appointment. Finance will assign a leave number and collect two copies of your orders during your appointment. Leave Sell: You are authorized to sell back maximum 60 days of earned leave throughout your career. When you retire, any remaining leave not used through your DOS will be applied to your final active duty paycheck. MILITARY PAY Final Active Duty Pay: The LES for the month you Retire will show you receiving a $0.00 EOM paycheck. Do not be alarmed, we compute your final paycheck 10 days prior to your DOS and release it from our office. Your final active duty paycheck WILL go to your Direct Deposit account. You can select an alternate account for your final check to be deposited. This election will be done at your Finance out-processing appointment. Your final active duty pay will be released on your DOS, no earlier. By law, the bank has three workdays to deposit the money into your account. Retired Paycheck: Retired pay is handled by DFAS-Cleveland. Payment is made by direct deposit. When you receive your first retired paycheck, you will receive a LES from DFAS-Cleveland. Since retired pay does not fluctuate, it is your only LES; you will receive a new LES if there is a change to your pay. Allotments: You are allowed 6 allotments after you retire. We will carry over any allotment from active duty, unless you stop the allotment (Except your Tricare Dental Insurance Allotment). You may start, stop, or change any allotment you wish during retirement. myPay: You are required to keep your current myPay PIN number, as you will access your Retired Pay through the same method as your Active Duty Pay. Starting on your Date of Retirement, there will be a Retiree Pay Section in myPay to view your current Retiree Account Statements; change Federal Tax withholding status and exemptions; start, stop or change allotments (those sent to financial institutions only); change correspondence address; and update Direct Deposit information. You will also have a Separated Active Duty Air Force Section in myPay for any prior or current year W-2s from your Active Duty Service. Your myPay PIN can be reset at anytime through your local FSO. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service Cleveland Center can also handle any retirement pay actions. Their toll free number for assistance is 1-800-321-1080. Feel free to contact Finance Customer Service, Bldg 8517, Rm. 100, at (907) 552-9104/9728. ENTITLEMENTS Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA): Members are authorized 5 days of TLA. All claims must be filed prior to date of retirement. Claims are filed at the housing office, and then forwarded to finance to be deposited into your next available paycheck. If an extension is need the paperwork must be filed through the housing office. Dislocation Allowance (DLA): Dislocation Allowance is not payable on your last move. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Everyone has an active account for EFT deposits. If you are planning to change your account, please ensure to update the information in both the military and travel system through customer service. TRAVEL PAY INFORMATION Advance: Member is authorized an advance for 100% of mileage and per diem for driving a POV or taking the Alaska Marine Highway. Authorized advance is payable no earlier then 10 working days prior to departure. Settlement of Voucher: All travel must commence prior to the 365th day following date of retirement, if no advance was taken. On completion of travel all members must direct the travel voucher to the base they retired from. If an advance was taken prior to departure settlement vouchers must be filed within 60 days of receiving the advance. Follow-up for settlement voucher is performed by Financial Services on members taking an advance for their retirement. Members and/or dependents are entitled to travel allowances for actual travel performed. Any debts remaining on member's record, at the time voucher is settled, will be collected from any money that is due. Any questions regarding separation entitlements can be directed to finance customer service section at extension 552-5212 MODES OF TRAVEL Private Auto: Members per diem is $99.00 per day. Spouse and children over 12 receive $74.25 per day; children under 12 will receive $49.50 per day. Every 350 miles is considered a travel day. Travel days are based on mileage from Elmendorf AFB to home of selection. Mileage, $.15 for the member, $.02 for each dependent, not to exceed $.20 per car. If two vehicles are being driven, both drivers will receive $.15 per mile. Per Diem will remain the same unless the other driver is military, then the per diem will be $99.00 per day. Flying: When flying, one day of travel is authorized to your home of selection and per diem is based on 75% of the applicable rate. Alaskan Marine Highway: Members and dependents are paid for the driving portion of the trip the same as listed above. You are authorized a night at each port (Haines or Bellingham). The port rate of per diem is paid at these locations. Per Diem includes meals and lodging. Dependents receive a portion of the member's per Diem entitlement. Spouse and children over 12 receive 75% and children under 12 receive 50% of member's entitlement. Ferry rate per diem is calculated at a different rate when aboard for more then 24 hours. Transoceanic travel: Travel from Alaska and Hawaii is considered to be overseas travel or transoceanic travel. These locations require special authorization for travel according to the Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR). Therefore, no member is entitled to procure his/her own transoceanic travel unless approved by TMO. However, dependent tickets may be purchased since the government cannot direct their travel. If a member purchases his/her own tickets, they will only be reimbursed the portion that is not considered transoceanic travel. Transoceanic travel is considered any travel outside the borders of the continental US that require crossing a body of water such as: lake, pond, sea, ocean, etc., when you are traveling on official government travel orders. If there are any additional questions, call the Finance Customer Service office at 552-7981/7933.