Navy Reserve Retirement generally includes first Retirement Awaiting Pay (effective the 1st of the month), and later in life, Retirement With Pay (effective nominally age 60, but may be reduced to as early as age 50 with qualifying active orders.) Per Title 10 USC, individual members MUST apply for their retirement, including those able to directly Retire With Pay.
Contact MNCC by phone at 1-833-330-MNCC (6622), or email askmncc@navy.mil:
- If you have specific inquiries on your request to retire, especially where your Personally Identifiable Information would be required to answer your question.
- If for any reason you are unsure if PERS-912 has your correct name and address, including that you did not provide it in your submitted retirement package documents, or have changed your contact information recently.
- If you (or a member for whom you are researching) submitted your Retirement With Pay application six months ago, but have not yet received via regular USPS mail from NPC PERS-912 your Retirement Orders letter “Retirement Order and Transfer Authorization to Retired Reserve Status with Pay for Non-Regular Service“, or you have not been otherwise contacted by PERS-912 for specific follow-up or additional items, your retirement has not been completely processed.
All documents received and entered into the PERS-9 database now generate an automatic email notification from the MyNavy Career Center to the service member acknowledging receipt.
For information concerning Reserve Transition Outreach briefs: Reserve Transition Outreach
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Benefits for Gray Area Retirees and Recipients of Retired Pay
As a Retired Reserve service member who has received a 20-year letter but has not received retirement pay, you may be eligible to receive gray area benefits.
Identification Card (ID card)
To obtain ID cards for you and your eligible dependents, visit the nearest card issuing facility with a copy of your retirement orders (and dependents’ birth/marriage documentation if not previously enrolled in DEERS). This ID card includes commissary, theater and unlimited exchange privileges. You may locate the closest facility either by dialing 1-800-538-9552, the person answering the telephone will assist or visit RAPIDS ID Card Office Online Locator and search by your zip code. You will be given the three closest card issuing facilities.
Notification of Change of Address
Retired Reservists who will be eligible for retired pay at age 60 or earlier (gray area) and personnel on the Retired List (receiving pay) are responsible for keeping Navy Personnel Command PERS-912 informed of their current mailing address. If a temporary change of residence is planned and mail cannot be delivered promptly by means of the existing mailing address, the member should also inform PERS-912 of the temporary address at the beginning of the temporary residence period and of the return to the permanent address at the end of the period.
Contact PERS-912 by calling 1-833-330-6622 to update your mailing address.
Personnel receiving retired pay and former members must also notify the Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, U.S. Military Retirement Pay, 8899 E 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249-1200, toll free number 1-800-321-1080.
•NAVADMIN 243/14 directed all Navy Reserve members to receive retirement counseling, via Career Development Boards (CDBs) for enlisted, and Mid-Term Counseling for officers. OPNAVINST 1750.5A specifically directs that all retiring sailors, active and reserve, shall receive counseling as to their Survivor Benefits. Retirement Transition Outreach provides members with a means to receive such counseling during this significant Military Life Cycle (MLC) Career Life Event (CLE).
•NAVADMIN 273/17 directed members with commands that have access to Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) Web to submit requests through the Employee Self-Service Retirements and Separations (RnS) function, effective 01 January 2018.
•NAVADMIN 160/20 announced interim policy guidance pertaining to command-sponsored retirement ceremonies delayed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
In early 2020, several changes were released to improve the NSIPS RnS module. Now, the NSIPS RnS module allows members with 19 qualifying years to submit retirement requests. Those NPQ members with 15 qualifying years can also now submit retirement requests, if the member’s MAS code had been similarly changed to reflect that status. NSIPS will no longer let a member submit a retirement request earlier than 12 months in advance of the retirement effective date, and it will not let a member to submit with a retirement effective date in the past.