Involuntary Separation Pay (Non-Disability) To provide a lump-sum payment to eligible active and reserve Service members who have completed at least six, but fewer than twenty, years of active service immediately before being involuntarily discharged or denied continuation of service for which they volunteered, short of retirement eligibility.
A member may purchase credit for time spent in the military which interrupted public service. A member must work for an OPERS-covered employer, enter the military, and return to work for the same public employer within three months of discharge or release from the uniformed services. The cost to purchase this military service is only the
The Reservist can only use the time served on active duty and that includes the two-week annual training periods — but not the time served on weekend duty or when not called up for activeThere are no military retirement pay charts as such. Instead, your retirement pay is calculated using the formulas specific to each type of plan. Final Pay: 2.5% times the number of years of service times final basic pay on the day of retirement. High-36: 2.5% times the number of years of service times the average of the member’s highest 36 BeJ0OcF.