1. ELEMENT # 43 SEPERATION PAY
By: mr2 konneh

2. OBJECTIVES WHAT IS SEPARATION PAY? TYPES OF SEPARATION ?
REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATION PAY?
DISQUALIFIERS FOR SEPERATION PAY
THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INVOLUNTARY SEPERATION PAY?
HOW TO CALCULATE SEPERATION PAY?
RESOURCES

3. WHAT IS SEPARATION PAY?
Separation pay is intended to assist members who are involuntarily separated in returning to civilian life.  It is intended to encourage the pursuit of a military career through the assurance that those unable to remain on active duty, until eligible for retired or retainer pay can count on compensation to ease their re-entry into civilian life.

4. TYPES OF SEPERATIONS
INVOLUNTARY
VOLUNTARY

5. REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATION PAY?
FINISHED FIRST TERM OF ENLISTMENT/PERIOD OF OBLIGATION
SERVE AT LEAST SIX YEARS OF SERVICE
SEPERATING INVOLUNTARILY
NOT YET ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT
NOT SEPERATING UNDER ADVERSE CONDITION

6. DISQUALIFIERS FOR SEPERATION PAY
CHOOSING NOT TO REENLIST
LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY DURING YOUR INITIAL ENLISTMENT
ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREMENT PAY/ TEMPORARY EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY
SEPERATION AS A RESULT OF COURT MARTIAL
SEPERATION UNDER OTHER THAN HONORABLE CONDITION
SEPERATION FOR MISCONDUCT

7. THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INVOLUNTARY SEPERATION PAY?
FULL
HALF

8. HOW TO CALCULATE SEPERATION PAY?
FULL SEPERATION PAY
.10((12*MONTHLY BASE PAY)(YEARS OF SERVICE)
HALF SEPERATION PAY IS ONE HALF OF THE FULL SEPERATION PAY

9. RESOURCES COMMAND PAY & PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR
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NAVADMIN 420/10
TITLE 10 CHAPTER 59 SECTION 1174