Retro Active Stop Loss Pay

[chetD]

got this in an e-mail. might be good to pass along to those affected by stop-loss since 9/11/2001.

i filled mine out

took a whopping 10 minutes...

Today Congresswoman Chellie Pingree welcomed a Department of Defense

decision to provide retroactive special pay to service members whose

contracts were extended due to stop loss during the last eight years. The

Department of Defense estimates that approximately 185,000 active and former

service members are eligible for the payment.



"I am very pleased with this decision," said Pingree, a member of the House

Armed Services Committee. "This payment is the least we can do for the

brave men and women and their families who continued to faithfully serve our

country after their contracts were scheduled to end."



Service members-including members of the Reserve components, and former and

retired members-are eligible if they served on active duty between September

11, 2001, and September 30, 2009, while their enlistment was extended or

retirement suspended.



Eligible members will receive a payment of $500 for each month, or any

portion of a month, they were retained on active duty due to stop loss.



Service members have until October 21, 2010, to file a claim for the special

pay. Survivors of service members killed in combat or who died after their

service can also make claims.



Each branch of the armed services has its own online filing process.



* Army: https://www.stoplosspay.army.mil

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RetroStopLossPay@conus.army.mil



* Navy: E-mail NXAG_N132C@navy.mil



* Air Force: http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/stoploss/

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* Marine Corps: https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/stoploss

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[Gonzo]

Cool. I have buddy I need to forward this to.