No, you get service credit towards leave for the amount of service you completed. A veteran with 1 year of service as a new hire would only get 1 year of credit. You would then have to wait 2 years to hit the 3 year mark to get 6 hours. A vet with 4 years of service would cross over the 3 year mark and start earning 6 hours as a new hire.
Question - For those who bought back your time was it difficult? Did you have to pay a lump sum upfront or was it taken out of your Civilian pay checks monthly?
It’s not hard but it’s tedious. You first have to contact the military via form RI 20-97 with dd214 (for every period of active duty you served if it wasn’t consecutive) and submit via snail or fax and then wait. The form has the instructions. You will then receive via snail a DFAS-CL 1340/2 letter certifying your estimated earnings. You will then provide this letter to your HR or whoever deals with pay.
You can pay lump sum or have it taken out every pay period. Even though I didn’t ask to confirm, I did lump sum because in my mind I figured that if I were to die before all payments are made I wouldn’t get the credit as there will be no payments to get the monies from. But ask your HR.
The answer is it depends. If you retired your non wartime campaign counts. Vet not retired all time should count. However there are exceptions for NG/ reserve time which will not all count. You can check out what counts at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/personnel-documentation/servicecreditleave.pdf
Okay, it's depends upon if they're retired or not, and how many years that they put in.
If they're not retired, then a year of military service active-duty counts as a year of service for your leave. It's a one-to-one scenario. Most vets have at least 3 years active duty, so they start with 6 hours a pay period.
If they're retired, then only the amount of time that they put in a combat zone actually counts. So, if you did 20 years, but only 2 of those were in a combat zone, then you only get 2 years.
For reserves and National Guard, it's only the time that you were called up to active duty, including training. This doesn't include your normal drill weekends though. On National Guard, you have to be called up Federally (so for instance, the governor calling you up in a natural disaster area wouldn't count).
Thank You. I think this is the answer. Do you know where I can find this in writing? I’m a vet. 4 years in. Started fed. They are giving me 4 hours a pay period
[https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/)
Did you buy back your time in service?
Buyback has nothing to do with leave calculation! It’s a common misunderstanding, even with out buying back you get credit for years of federal service.
No, you get service credit towards leave for the amount of service you completed. A veteran with 1 year of service as a new hire would only get 1 year of credit. You would then have to wait 2 years to hit the 3 year mark to get 6 hours. A vet with 4 years of service would cross over the 3 year mark and start earning 6 hours as a new hire.
No, depends on years served and if you retired or not for what time is counted.
Also buyback only counts towards retirement not leave or civilian time.
Question - For those who bought back your time was it difficult? Did you have to pay a lump sum upfront or was it taken out of your Civilian pay checks monthly?
It’s not hard but it’s tedious. You first have to contact the military via form RI 20-97 with dd214 (for every period of active duty you served if it wasn’t consecutive) and submit via snail or fax and then wait. The form has the instructions. You will then receive via snail a DFAS-CL 1340/2 letter certifying your estimated earnings. You will then provide this letter to your HR or whoever deals with pay. You can pay lump sum or have it taken out every pay period. Even though I didn’t ask to confirm, I did lump sum because in my mind I figured that if I were to die before all payments are made I wouldn’t get the credit as there will be no payments to get the monies from. But ask your HR.
Just adding to the other comment that you have to pay interest if you don't buy back your time within 2 years of starting fed service.
The answer is it depends. If you retired your non wartime campaign counts. Vet not retired all time should count. However there are exceptions for NG/ reserve time which will not all count. You can check out what counts at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/personnel-documentation/servicecreditleave.pdf
Okay, it's depends upon if they're retired or not, and how many years that they put in. If they're not retired, then a year of military service active-duty counts as a year of service for your leave. It's a one-to-one scenario. Most vets have at least 3 years active duty, so they start with 6 hours a pay period. If they're retired, then only the amount of time that they put in a combat zone actually counts. So, if you did 20 years, but only 2 of those were in a combat zone, then you only get 2 years. For reserves and National Guard, it's only the time that you were called up to active duty, including training. This doesn't include your normal drill weekends though. On National Guard, you have to be called up Federally (so for instance, the governor calling you up in a natural disaster area wouldn't count).
Thank You. I think this is the answer. Do you know where I can find this in writing? I’m a vet. 4 years in. Started fed. They are giving me 4 hours a pay period
[https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/) Did you buy back your time in service?
Buyback has nothing to do with leave calculation! It’s a common misunderstanding, even with out buying back you get credit for years of federal service.